The Day of the Locust

Name: The Day of the Locust
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-05-07
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Rating: 6.9
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.

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Timing: 2:25 (145 min)

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Release date

1975-05-07

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Long Road Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

Revenue

$17 793 000

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Director

John Schlesinger

Actors

Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Pepe Serna, Lelia Goldoni, Jackie Earle Haley
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Scenario

Producer

Jerome Hellman

Operator

Conrad L. Hall

Composer

John Barry

Artist

Audition

Dianne Crittenden, Marion Dougherty

Editing

Jim Clark
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Short description

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.

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