An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Bradley Cooper
as Stanton Carlisle
Cate Blanchett
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Toni Collette
as Zeena the Seer
Willem Dafoe
as Clem Hoatley
Richard Jenkins
as Ezra Grindle
Rooney Mara
as Molly Cahill
Ron Perlman
as Bruno
Mary Steenburgen
as Mrs. Kimball
David Strathairn
as Pete
Mark Povinelli
as The Major
Peter MacNeill
as Judge Kimball
Holt McCallany
as Anderson
