The Day of the Locust
6.6 Score
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
1975 2h 25m R Drama

The Day of the Locust

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

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.

Crew
Director John Schlesinger Screenplay Waldo Salt Producer Jerome Hellman Original Music Composer John Barry

Top 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

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