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The Day of the Locust (1975)

R ★ 6.4/10 145 min Drama United States English
Novel: Nathanael West
Screenplay by: Waldo Salt
Streaming: Not available
By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

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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Top Cast

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland Homer Simpson
Karen Black
Karen Black Faye Greener
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith Harry Greener
William Atherton
William Atherton Tod Hackett
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page Big Sister
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart Claude Estee
Bo Hopkins
Bo Hopkins Earle Shoop
Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna Miguel

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