The Day of the Locust
1975
By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.
Directed by John Schlesinger
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Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
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- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Written by
- Nathanael West, Waldo Salt
- Produced by
- Jerome Hellman
- Composer
- John Barry
- Cinematographer
- Conrad Hall
- Editor
- Jim Clark
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.4/10 (110 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 63% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 61/100
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (6,589 votes)
Cast
Donald Sutherland
Homer Simpson
Karen Black
Faye Greener
Burgess Meredith
Harry Greener
William Atherton
Tod Hackett
Geraldine Page
Big Sister
Richard Dysart
Claude Estee
Bo Hopkins
Earle Shoop
Pepe Serna
Miguel
Lelia Goldoni
Mary Dove
Jackie Earle Haley
Adore Loomis
Billy Barty
Abe Kusich
Gloria LeRoy
Mrs. Loomis
Natalie Schafer
Audrey Jennings
Jane Hoffman
Mrs. Odlesh
Paul Stewart
Helverston
John Hillerman
Ned Grote
Paul Jabara
Nightclub Entertainer
Norman Leavitt
Mr. Odlesh
