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Sunset Boulevard

Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life. Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Film-Noir), release year 1950, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

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Story of Sunset Boulevard

Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life.

Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Film-Noir), release year 1950, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

Title facts

  • Type Movie
  • Release year 1950
  • Released 04 Aug 1950
  • Runtime 110 minutes
  • Content rating Approved
  • IMDb rating IMDb 8.4/10 from 260,869 votes
  • Metascore 94/100
  • Genres Drama, Film-Noir
  • Languages English
  • Countries United States

Cast

William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim

Direction and writing

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Written by: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Awards and recognition

Won 3 Oscars. 21 wins & 20 nominations total

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