Directed by Edmund Goulding Written by Jules Furthman William Lindsay Gresham Cast Tyrone Power ... Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle Joan Blondell ... Zeena Krumbein Coleen Gray ... Molly Helen Walker ... Lilith Ritter Taylor Holmes ... Ezra Grindle Mike Mazurki ... Bruno Ian Keith ... Pete Krumbein Uncredited Cast Florence Auer ... Jane Bonnie Bannon ... Knife Thrower's Assistant George Beranger ... The Geek Oliver Blake ... Hobo June Bolyn ... Maid in Grindle House Paul Bradley ... Man in Spode Room Chet Brandenburg ... Carnival Patron James Burke ... Rural Marshal George Chandler ... Hobo at Stan's Left Hand Harry Cheshire ... Mr. Prescott Edward Clark ... J.E. Giles - Farmer Clancy Cooper ... Stage Manager George Davis ... Waiter Julia Dean ... Addie Peabody Sayre Dearing ... Night Club Patron James Flavin ... Hoatley - First Carnival Owner Charles Flickinger ... Bellboy Bill Free ... Man in Spode Room Rudy Germane ... Man in Spode Room Nina Gilbert ... Worried Mother in Spode Room Leo Gray ... Detective Henry Hall ... Lilith's Friend in Spode Room Al Herman ... Cab Driver Hollis Jewell ... Delivery Boy with Records Robert Karnes ... Joe - Bellhop Kenner G. Kemp ... Night Club Patron Mike Lally ... Charlie Nellie Lane ... Fat Woman Max Linder ... Man in Spode Room George Lloyd ... Hobo King Lockwood ... Man in Spode Room Laurette Luez ... Knife Thrower's Assistant Emmett Lynn ... Hobo by Stan's Right Hand Wilbur Mack ... Husband in Spode Room George Magrill ... Sideshow Spectator Wearing Straw Hat George Matthews ... Knife Thrower Pat McKee ... Roustabout Jerry Miley ... Friend in Spode Room Harry Hays Morgan ... Headwaiter Maurice Navarro ... Fire Eater Frank O'Connor ... Carnival Customer Jack Perry ... Roustabout Jack Raymond ... Hobo Cyril Ring ... Roustabout at Final Carnival Albin Robeling ... Captain Roy Roberts ... McGraw - Final Carnival Owner Gene Roth ... Masseur Frank J. Scannell ... Roustabout at Final Carnival Cy Schindell ... Roustabout Norman Stevans ... Man in Spode Room Bert Stevens ... Night Club Patron John Wald ... Radio Announcer Eddy Waller ... Farmer Friend of J.E. Giles Gilbert Wilson ... Man in Spode Room Marjorie Wood ... Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room Produced by George Jessel Darryl F. Zanuck Original Music by Cyril J. Mockridge

Additional Info Premiere: October 09, 1947 Theatrical Release: October 28, 1947 DVD Release: June 07, 2005 Blu-ray Release: May 25, 2021 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1947) (USA) (theatrical) Twentieth Century Fox   (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) The Criterion Collection   (2021) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,142 / 20,698 Site Ranking #4,138 Calvaire (2004) #4,139 Joshua (2007) #4,140 Superman: Unbound (2013) #4,141 The Lost Symbol: Season 1 (2021) #4,142 Nightmare Alley (1947) #4,143 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) #4,144 Mirrors 2 (2010) #4,145 Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) #4,146 Till (2022)