The Day of the Locust poster
Director John Schlesinger
Screenplay Waldo Salt

The Day of the Locust

Drama1975

Tagline: It happened in Hollywood. But it could have happened in hell.

Release Date: 1975-05-07

Duration: 145 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Donald Sutherland
    Homer Simpson
  • Jackie Earle Haley
    Adore Loomis
  • Richard Dysart
    Claude Estee
  • Dennis Dugan
    Apprentice #3
  • Karen Black
    Faye Greener
  • Bo Hopkins
    Earle Shoop
  • Burgess Meredith
    Harry Greener
  • Geraldine Page
    Big Sister
  • Nita Talbot
    Joan
  • Billy Barty
    Abe Kusich