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Stan burns down his home and takes a job as a carny with a traveling carnival. Stan is disturbed at how any man could sink to the level of performing as a geek. Clem explains that he seeks out alcoholic or drug-addicted men with troubled pasts, and lures them in with promises of a "temporary" job and opium-laced alcohol. He then uses their dependence until they sink into madness and depravity, thus creating a new geek. Stan also works with clairvoyant act "Madame Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete. He and Zeena warn Stan not to ever use these skills otherwise people get hurt. Meanwhile Stan becomes attracted to fellow performer Molly and approaches her with an idea for a two-person act away from the carnival.
In 1940s New York, down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle endears himself to a clairvoyant and her mentalist husband at a traveling carnival. Using newly acquired knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite and wealthy. Hoping for a big score, he soon hatches a scheme to con a dangerous tycoon with help from a mysterious psychologist who might be his most formidable opponent yet.
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Stanton Carlisle
Cate Blanchett
Dr. Lilith Ritter
Toni Collette
Zeena the Seer
Willem Dafoe
Clem Hoatley
Richard Jenkins
Ezra Grindle
Rooney Mara
Molly Cahill
Ron Perlman
Bruno
Mary Steenburgen
Mrs. Kimball
David Strathairn
Pete
Mark Povinelli
The Major
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Judge Kimball
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Paul Anderson
Geek #1
Lara Jean Chorostecki
Louise Hoatley
Jim Beaver
Sheriff Jedediah Judd
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Funhouse Jack
Tim Blake Nelson
Carny Boss
David Hewlett
Dr. Elrood
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