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Drama
1h 50m

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Overview

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Billy Wilder profile
Billy Wilder

Director

Charles Brackett profile
Charles Brackett

Screenplay

Cast

William Holden profile
William Holden

Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson profile
Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim profile
Erich von Stroheim

Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson profile
Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark profile
Fred Clark

Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough profile
Lloyd Gough

Morino

Jack Webb profile
Jack Webb

Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum profile
Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake profile
Larry J. Blake

1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton profile
Charles Dayton

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille profile
Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper profile
Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

William Holden profile
William Holden

Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson profile
Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim profile
Erich von Stroheim

Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson profile
Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark profile
Fred Clark

Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough profile
Lloyd Gough

Morino

Jack Webb profile
Jack Webb

Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum profile
Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake profile
Larry J. Blake

1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton profile
Charles Dayton

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille profile
Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper profile
Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Extra

Release Date

August 10, 1950

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,752,000.00

Production Company

Paramount Pictures logo

Available On

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Videos

"I Am Big, It's the Pictures That Got Small" Clip thumbnail
"I Am Big, It's the Pictures That Got Small" Clip
“Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up” Official Film Clip thumbnail
“Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up” Official Film Clip
Norma Desmond At Paramount Clip thumbnail
Norma Desmond At Paramount Clip
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Trailer
Writer Robert Towne on Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD. thumbnail
Writer Robert Towne on Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD.

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