The Day of the Locust

Name: The Day of the Locust
Genre: Drama
Released: 07 May 1975
Rating: 6.40
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream. 1975-05-07 United States of America 145 minutes.

6.40 111 votes

Drama based on novel or book cinema on cinema movie business social satire hollywood los angeles, california lynch mob disturbed accountant lonely man 1930s movie mogul aspiring artist old hollywood eve of world war ii film industry baffled

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Overview

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.

Year 1975

Studio Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions

Director John Schlesinger

Crew Waldo Salt (Screenplay), John Schlesinger (Director), Nathanael West (Novel), Conrad Hall (Director of Photography), John Barry (Original Music Composer), Jeannie Epper (Stunts)

Popularity 1

Language English