Movie
The Day of the Locust
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-05-07
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson
- Karen Black as Faye Greener
- Burgess Meredith as Harry Greener
- William Atherton as Tod Hackett
- Geraldine Page as Big Sister
- Richard Dysart as Claude Estee
- Bo Hopkins as Earle Shoop
- Pepe Serna as Miguel
- Lelia Goldoni as Mary Dove
- Jackie Earle Haley as Adore Loomis
- Billy Barty as Abe Kusich
- Gloria LeRoy as Mrs. Loomis
Crew
- John Schlesinger - Director
- Waldo Salt - Screenplay
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