Sunset Blvd.

1950    1h 50m    Passed
Drama, Film-Noir
8.498%94%83%
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Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life.
Directed By
Billy Wilder
Written By
Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Billy Wilder
Studio
Paramount

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Cast of Sunset Blvd.
  • William HoldenJoe Gillis
  • Gloria SwansonNorma Desmond
  • Erich von StroheimMax von Mayerling
  • Nancy OlsonBetty Schaefer
  • Fred ClarkSheldrake
  • Lloyd GoughMorino
  • Jack WebbArtie Green
  • Franklyn FarnumUndertaker
  • Larry J. Blake1st Finance Man
  • Charles Dayton2nd Finance Man
  • Cecil B. DeMilleCecil B. DeMille
  • Hedda HopperHedda Hopper
  • Buster KeatonBuster Keaton
  • Anna Q. NilssonAnna Q. Nilsson
  • H.B. WarnerH.B. Warner
  • Ray EvansRay Evans
  • Jay LivingstonJay Livingston
  • Fred AldrichCop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
  • Joel AllenProp Man #2 (uncredited)
  • Gertrude AstorCourtier (uncredited)
  • Anne BauchensEditor (uncredited)
  • Edward BibyRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
  • Danny BorzageAccordionist (uncredited)
  • Ken ChristyHomicide Captain (uncredited)
  • Ruth CliffordSheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
  • John CortayYoung Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
  • Archie R. DalzellCamera Operator (uncredited)
  • Eddie DewAssistant Coroner (uncredited)
  • Julia FayeHisham (uncredited)
  • Al FergusonPhone Standby (uncredited)
  • Gerry GanzerBetty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
  • Rudy GermaneDetective (uncredited)
  • Kenneth GibsonSalesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
  • Creighton HaleCreighton Hale (uncredited)
  • Chuck HamiltonGrip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
  • Len HendryPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
  • E. Mason HopperDoctor (uncredited)
  • Stan JohnsonFirst Assistant Director (uncredited)
  • Tiny JonesLittle Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
  • Howard JoslinPolice Lieutenant (uncredited)
  • Arthur LaneCamera Operator (uncredited)
  • Perc LaundersViolinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
  • William MeaderParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Gertrude MessingerHairdresser (uncredited)
  • Harold MillerMan on Golf Course (uncredited)
  • Howard NegleyPolice Captain (uncredited)
  • John "Skins" MillerHog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
  • Lee MillerDancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
  • Ralph MontgomeryProp Man #1 (uncredited)
  • Bert MoorhouseGordon Cole (uncredited)
  • Jay MorleyFat Man (uncredited)
  • Eva NovakCourtier (uncredited)
  • Frank O'ConnorCourtier (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett O'ConnorOlder Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
  • Jack PerrinDetective (uncredited)
  • Sidney SkolskySidney Skolsky (uncredited)
  • Emmett SmithBlack Man (uncredited)
  • Archie TwitchellSalesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
  • Yvette VickersGiggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
  • Edward WahrmanCamera Assistant (uncredited)
  • Henry WilcoxonActor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
  • Peter DrynanTailor (uncredited)
  • Sanford E. GreenwaldNewsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
  • James HawleyCamera Assistant (uncredited)
  • Alan MarstonReporter (uncredited)
  • Bernice MoskBernice (uncredited)
  • Virginia L. RandolphCourtier (uncredited)
  • Bill SheehanSecond Assistant Director (uncredited)
  • Roy ThompsonRudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
  • Jack WardenParty Guest (uncredited)
  • Finn ZirzowActor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
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