Nightmare Alley (1947)

NIGHTMARE ALLEY  (1947)  ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Edmund Goulding
    Tyrone Power, Colleen Gray, Joan Blondell,
    Helen Walker, Julia Dean, Mike Mazurki
Exceptionally dark film noir set in the world of carnival hustlers, starring Tyrone Power as a smooth-talking sideshow barker and Joan Blondell as the tarot reader who predicts his downfall. You don't need the cards to know the guy is doomed. In a movie like this, it's inevitable.