Edmund Goulding's 1947 film noir Nightmare Alley starred
Tyrone Power as a con-man who teamed up with a psychologist (Helen Walker)
to dupe Chicago's wealthy into believing he had the ability to communicate
with the dead.
Guillermo Del Toro's remake sees Bradley Cooper in the Power
role with Cate Blanchett filling Walker's shoes.
Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron
Perlman
and David Strathairn also star.
Check out the international trailer and UK poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a travelling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.
