Film

The Day of the Locust

1975 · 2h 25m · Drama

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Metacritic

61

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.

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

• John SchlesingerDirector
• Waldo SaltScreenplay
• Nathanael WestNovel
• Jerome HellmanProducer
• Conrad HallDirector of Photography
• John BarryOriginal Music Composer
• Jim ClarkEditor
• Marion DoughertyCasting
• Dianne CrittendenCasting

The Day of the Locust Original Trailer (John Schlesinger, 1975)TrailerThe Day Of The Locust (Modern Trailer)The Day of the Locust (1975) ORIGINAL TRAILERThe Day of the Locust (1975) 35mm HD trailer

Release date

May 7, 1975

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama

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