Sunset Boulevard
A Hollywood Story: Sensational...Daring...Unforgettable...Sunset Blvd
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A corrosive, visually stunning noir tragedy about delusion, decay, and the cruel machinery of Hollywood, told through the doomed entanglement of a fading star and a desperate screenwriter.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Essence
Ensemble
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Larry J. Blake
Finance Man #1
Charles Dayton
Finance Man #2
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
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