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Director: Edmund Goulding
Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
Starring: Tyrone Power, Collen Gray, Helen Walker, Joan Blondell, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Taylor Holmes and Florence Auer
Handsome carnival barker/con-man Stanton Carlisle seduces fellow sideshow artiste Mademoiselle Zeena to learn the secret of the once-lucrative mind-reading act she performed with her alcoholic husband, Pete. Carlisle, who already possesses some actual psychic ability, secures the secret method and sets off with his new carnie wife, Molly, to milk the big-time as a spiritualist in Chicago. As Carlisle’s success grows, it's only a matter of time before his greed - and twisted involvement with femme fatale psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter - bring his world crashing down around him.
Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
Starring: Tyrone Power, Collen Gray, Helen Walker, Joan Blondell, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Taylor Holmes and Florence Auer
Handsome carnival barker/con-man Stanton Carlisle seduces fellow sideshow artiste Mademoiselle Zeena to learn the secret of the once-lucrative mind-reading act she performed with her alcoholic husband, Pete. Carlisle, who already possesses some actual psychic ability, secures the secret method and sets off with his new carnie wife, Molly, to milk the big-time as a spiritualist in Chicago. As Carlisle’s success grows, it's only a matter of time before his greed - and twisted involvement with femme fatale psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter - bring his world crashing down around him.