Sunset Boulevard(1950)

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Synopsis

Joe Gillis, a hunky but bankrupt screenwriter, is hired by washed-up silent screen star Norma Desmond to pen her a comeback star vehicle. Gillis has had his latest screenplay rejected by the studios, and, desperate, takes up Desmond's offer to write Salome for her. She demands that he stay with her while he writes, and soon he becomes a virtual prisoner of the actress and her gloomy house.
Joe Gillis, a hunky but bankrupt screenwriter, is hired by washed-up silent screen star Norma Desmond to pen her a comeback star vehicle. Gillis has had his latest screenplay rejected by the studios, and, desperate, …
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In Theaters

  • August 1950

Genres

Drama

Run Time

1 hour 51 minutes

Distributors

Paramount Pictures

Director

Billy Wilder

Director

CAST

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

William Holden

Joe Gillis

Erich von Stroheim

Max Von Mayerling

Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Jack Webb

Artie Green

Cecil B DeMille

Himself
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