Nightmare Alley
Movie • 1947
ReportStanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
As I recall, the husband is trying to restrain his wife as he clings to her not to leave him. While that is a form of violence, it isn't violence in terms of hitting.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Sort of. A con man deceives his victims, but he isn't trying to make them think they're crazy.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Alcohol. One character is an extreme alcoholic at the beginning, and another becomes one at the end.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Sort of. Two live chickens are supposedly eaten on stage in a sideshow by a geek, but it isn't shown.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
No, but someone does appear to suffer a head injury, though it's a little unclear. It is when the con artist is discovered and his mark wrestles with him.
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Is there a hanging?
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jbesno
No, but for a second a tarot card is shown of a hung man. It's very abstract tho
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Does someone break a bone?
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The previous comment may be mistakenly about Nightmare Alley (2021)? Nobody is hit by a car in this movie.
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There is however a grieving mother who lost her child in the past
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Does a parent die?
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Previous comment is about Nightmare Alley (2021)
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socratesgonemad
One is faked though
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Are there clowns?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Amazingly no considering that it is a circus movie.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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jbesno
NO BUT, there is a circus act involved with electricity, and an electric chair. It's faked so nothing fatal, but there's one line referring to some muscle pain while performing that act.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
NO BUT there are several scenes in a very unethical psychiatrist's office and also there are several references regarding sending an alcoholic character off for "a cure" which in those days involved going to a mental institution rather than today's more conventional rehab.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
YES. The circus's geek performer has a violent freak out near the beginning of the film. At the end, the character who criticized the original geek has become a geek himself and has a violent freak out that mirror's the one at the beginning of the movie. Both are, at a minimum, end stage alcoholics, but both quite clearly have severe mental health problems to the point they are no longer functioning or able to care for themselves.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Hard yes.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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jbesno
I would say not, but a human being is put on a cage for multiple scenes. The "claustrophobic" element is not the main focus of those scenes anyways.
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There is no suicide in this movie, the other comment is refering to Nightmare Alley (2021). Someone accidentally poisons themself, death is off screen.
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Pregnancy
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No, previous comment is referring to the 2021 version. That character is also in this movie, but no miscarriage is referred to.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
The circus's geek performer is clearly disabled and being exploited, as is the person who takes his place by the end of the movie. He is more or less being held prisoner by the circus and is paid in alcohol to perform.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
No, the film was too racist to have any Black actors at all.
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Is there hate speech?
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hermitcrab
Use of the word "gypsy"
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Yes, but you can tell how it's going to end five minutes into the movie, so it's not jarring, it's more meant to be an interesting tale to see how the character winds up the way he does.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Nobody is hit by a car in this movie. Somebody is hit by a car in the 2021 Nightmare Alley.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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Other comment is about the 2021 movie. In this movie there is a gun held for self defense, no guns are shot.
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