1975
6.4 (96 votes)
2h 25m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Long Road Productions
Long Road Productions
The Day of the Locust
By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.
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.
Key Crew
Director: John Schlesinger
Director of Photography: Conrad L. Hall
Screenplay: Waldo Salt
Producer: Jerome Hellman
Top Cast
Donald Sutherland
Homer Simpson
Karen Black
Faye Greener
Burgess Meredith
Harry Greener
William Atherton
Tod Hackett
Geraldine Page
Big Sister
Richard Dysart
Claude Estee
Bo Hopkins
Earle Shoop
Pepe Serna
Miguel
Videos
The Day Of The Locust (Modern Trailer)
The Day of the Locust Original Trailer (John Schlesinger, 1975)
