Sunset Blvd.
Rated NR
110 minutes
1950
An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriters ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death.
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Film Credits
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr. and Billy Wilder
Producer: Charles Brackett
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Jack Webb, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Cecil DeMille and Anna Nilsson