Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Director:
Billy Wilder
Writers:
Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Charles Brackett.
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William Holden as Joe Gillis |
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Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond |
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Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling |
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Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer |
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Fred Clark as Sheldrake |
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Lloyd Gough as Morino |
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Jack Webb as Artie Green |
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Franklyn Farnum as Undertaker |
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Larry J. Blake as 1st Finance Man |
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Charles Dayton as 2nd Finance Man |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Cecil B. DeMille |
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Hedda Hopper as Hedda Hopper |
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Buster Keaton as Buster Keaton |
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Anna Q. Nilsson as Anna Q. Nilsson |
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H.B. Warner as H.B. Warner |
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Ray Evans as Ray Evans |
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Jay Livingston as Jay Livingston |
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Fred Aldrich as Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited) |
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Joel Allen as Prop Man #2 (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Anne Bauchens as Editor (uncredited) |
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Edward Biby as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Danny Borzage as Accordionist (uncredited) |
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Ken Christy as Homicide Captain (uncredited) |
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Ruth Clifford as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) |
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John Cortay as Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited) |
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Archie R. Dalzell as Camera Operator (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dew as Assistant Coroner (uncredited) |
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Julia Faye as Hisham (uncredited) |
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Al Ferguson as Phone Standby (uncredited) |
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Gerry Ganzer as Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited) |
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Rudy Germane as Detective (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Gibson as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) |
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Creighton Hale as Creighton Hale (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited) |
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Len Hendry as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
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E. Mason Hopper as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Stan Johnson as First Assistant Director (uncredited) |
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Tiny Jones as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited) |
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Howard Joslin as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lane as Camera Operator (uncredited) |
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Perc Launders as Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited) |
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William Meader as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Messinger as Hairdresser (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Man on Golf Course (uncredited) |
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Howard Negley as Police Captain (uncredited) |
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John 'Skins' Miller as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited) |
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Lee Miller as Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited) |
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Ralph Montgomery as Prop Man #1 (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as Gordon Cole (uncredited) |
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Jay Morley as Fat Man (uncredited) |
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Eva Novak as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited) |
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Jack Perrin as Detective (uncredited) |
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Sidney Skolsky as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited) |
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Emmett Smith as Black Man (uncredited) |
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Archie Twitchell as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) |
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Yvette Vickers as Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited) |
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Henry Wilcoxon as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited) |
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James Hawley as Camera Assistant (uncredited) |
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Bernice Mosk as Bernice (uncredited) |
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Virginia L. Randolph as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Bill Sheehan as Second Assistant Director (uncredited) |
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Roy Thompson as Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited) |
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Jack Warden as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Finn Zirzow as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited) |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Screenplay |
| Writing | D.M. Marshman Jr. | Screenplay |
| Directing | Billy Wilder | Director |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | John Meehan | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Production | Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Writing | Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hugh Brown | Production Manager |
| Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Otto Pierce | Camera Operator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Jack Colconda | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hazel Hegarty | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Tomei | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Supervising Editor |
| Lighting | Walter Tayler | Gaffer |
| Crew | Ronnie Lubin | Dialogue Coach |
| Camera | Harlow Stengel | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Fitzharris | Wardrobe Master |
| Crew | Norris Stensland | Technical Advisor |
| Camera | Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Art | Steve Beers | Head Carpenter |
| Art | Tom Plews | Props |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Thayer | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Fred True | Grip |