---
title: 'Nightmare Alley (2021)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Guillermo del Toro'
released: '2021-12-01'
runtime_minutes: 150
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Mexico'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightmare-alley-2021'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nightmare Alley (2021)

2021 · R · 150 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller · Mexico, United States


## Synopsis

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. A co-production between Searchlight Pictures and Double Dare You Productions, the film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carnival worker with a mysterious past who takes big risks to boost his career. Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn also star. It is the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Guillermo del Toro](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillermo-del-toro)
- **Screenplay:** [Guillermo del Toro](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillermo-del-toro), [Kim Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-morgan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Producer:** [J. Miles Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-miles-dale)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dan Laustsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-laustsen)

## Cast

- [Holt McCallany](https://cinepixo.com/people/holt-mccallany)
- [Jim Beaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-beaver)
- [Cate Blanchett](https://cinepixo.com/people/cate-blanchett)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe)
- [Tim Blake Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-blake-nelson)
- [Paul Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-anderson)
- [Lara Jean Chorostecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/lara-jean-chorostecki)
- [Mark Povinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-povinelli)
- [Rooney Mara](https://cinepixo.com/people/rooney-mara)
- [Mary Steenburgen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-steenburgen)
- [Ron Perlman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-perlman)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette)
- [Clifton Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-collins)
- [David Hewlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hewlett)
- [Romina Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/romina-power)

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