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From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes this noir-style psychological thriller starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. When a manipulative carnival man (Cooper) teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist (Blanchett) to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society, he learns that his new partner in crime might be his most formidable opponent yet. NIGHTMARE ALLEY is directed by del Toro, who co-wrote the film with Kim Morgan, based on...
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[2010]
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English
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Night editor: A couple having an illicit affair witness a murder while on a romantic rendezvous and can't report it without exposing their infidelities; One girl's confession: a young waitress steals money from her boss who cheated her father years ago; Women's prison: women inmates suffer at the hands of a sadistic warden; Over-exposed: a dancer-turned-photographer with a talent for illegal business heads for New York and gets in over her head.
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2010.
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English
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The killer that stalked New York: A diamond smuggler returns to New York from Cuba, unknowingly bringing small pox with her; Two of a kind: A crooked lawyer's scheme to swindle money out of a wealthy old man goes wrong; Bad for each other: Upon returning from the Korean War, Dr. Tom Owen must choose between a lucrative but unchallenging practice or using his skills to help the poor; The glass wall: As he is about to be deported, Peter jumps ship in...
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Criterion collection volume 1078
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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An ambitious man working as part of a surreal and disturbing traveling carnival sets out to become a mentalist and take over the job of someone else in the sideshow.
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[2007]
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English
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ILLEGAL: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap...
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