Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

110 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 1950

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Sunset Boulevard

110 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 1950

Sunset Boulevard
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
IMDb rating 8.4
Producers Paramount
Original title Sunset Boulevard
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald, Billy Wilder
Writers D.M. Marshman Jr., Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Cast

William Holden

as Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson

as Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim

as Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson

as Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark

as Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough

as Morino

Jack Webb

as Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum

as Undertaker

Larry J. Blake

as 1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton

as 2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille

as Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

as Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton

as Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner

as H.B. Warner

Ray Evans

as Ray Evans

Jay Livingston

as Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich

as Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)

Joel Allen

as Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as Courtier (uncredited)

Anne Bauchens

as Editor (uncredited)

Edward Biby

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

as Accordionist (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Homicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

John Cortay

as Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell

as Camera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye

as Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

as Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

as Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

as Detective (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

as Creighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

Len Hendry

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

E. Mason Hopper

as Doctor (uncredited)

Stan Johnson

as First Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

Howard Joslin

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Arthur Lane

as Camera Operator (uncredited)

Perc Launders

as Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)

William Meader

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude Messinger

as Hairdresser (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Man on Golf Course (uncredited)

Howard Negley

as Police Captain (uncredited)

John "Skins" Miller

as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)

Lee Miller

as Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

as Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Gordon Cole (uncredited)

Jay Morley

as Fat Man (uncredited)

Eva Novak

as Courtier (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Courtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

as Detective (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky

as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

as Black Man (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

as Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

Edward Wahrman

as Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon

as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

Peter Drynan

as Tailor (uncredited)

Sanford E. Greenwald

as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

James Hawley

as Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Alan Marston

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bernice Mosk

as Bernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. Randolph

as Courtier (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

as Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy Thompson

as Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

Jack Warden

as Party Guest (uncredited)