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Sunset Boulevard

8.3

Drama

1950-08-10

110 mins

The Plot

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

Cast and Crew

William Holden

Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim

Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark

Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough

Morino

Jack Webb

Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake

1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner

Ray Evans

Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich

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

Joel Allen

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Courtier (uncredited)

Anne Bauchens

Editor (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Accordionist (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Homicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

John Cortay

Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Detective (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

E. Mason Hopper

Doctor (uncredited)

Stan Johnson

First Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

Howard Joslin

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Arthur Lane

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Perc Launders

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

William Meader

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude Messinger

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man on Golf Course (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Police Captain (uncredited)

John 'Skins' Miller

Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Gordon Cole (uncredited)

Jay Morley

Fat Man (uncredited)

Eva Novak

Courtier (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Courtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Detective (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

Black Man (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon

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

James Hawley

Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Bernice Mosk

Bernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. Randolph

Courtier (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy Thompson

Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

Jack Warden

Party Guest (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

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

Videos & Trailers

Cliff “Method Man” Smith Discusses SUNSET BOULEVARD and Classic Film | TCMFF 2025

75th Anniversary Spot

75th Anniversary Trailer

Billy Wilder on making SUNSET BLVD

"I Am Big, It's the Pictures That Got Small" Clip

“Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up” Official Film Clip

Norma Desmond At Paramount Clip

Trailer

Writer Robert Towne on Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD.

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