

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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Key Crew

Waldo Salt
Screenplay

John Schlesinger
Director

Jerome Hellman
Producer
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

Lelia Goldoni
Mary Dove

Jackie Earle Haley
Adore Loomis

Billy Barty
Abe Kusich

Gloria LeRoy
Mrs. Loomis

Natalie Schafer
Audrey Jennings

Jane Hoffman
Mrs. Odlesh

Paul Stewart
Helverston

John Hillerman
Ned Grote

Paul Jabara
Nightclub Entertainer

Norman Leavitt
Mr. Odlesh

Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Johnson
Ina Gould
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