William Lindsay Gresham(1909-1962)

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In NIGHTMARE ALLEY, an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.

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Nightmare Alley (2021)

William Lindsay Gresham was born on 20 August 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. William Lindsay was a writer, known for Nightmare Alley (2021), Nightmare Alley (1947) and Checkmate (1960). William Lindsay was married to Renée Rodriguez and Joy Davidman. William Lindsay died on 14 September 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Nightmare Alley

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Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Jules Furthman, Edmund Goulding, Coleen Gray, William Lindsay Gresham, George Jessel, and Helen Walker in Nightmare Alley (1947)

Nightmare Alley

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1947

Checkmate

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Writer

Nightmare Alley
7.0
- based on the novel by
- 2021
Checkmate
7.4
TV Series
- story by
- 1961
Nightmare Alley
7.7
- novel
- 1947

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Official site
- France's national library catalogue
Born
- August 20, 1909
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died
- September 14, 1962
- New York City, New York, USA(suicide)
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Other works
Novel: "Limbo Tower"

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He was an alcoholic and abusive to his wife Joy Davidman, as well as to their children. Joy eventually fled to England with their children, where she conducted a long-term love affair with the author C.S. Lewis, whom she eventually married (their story was told in the film Shadowlands (1993)).