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The Day of the Locust( 1975)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Donald Sutherland

      Homer Simpson

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      Karen Black

      Faye Greener

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      Burgess Meredith

      Harry Greener

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      William Atherton

      Tod Hackett

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      Geraldine Page

      Big Sister

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      Richard Dysart

      Claude Estee

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      Bo Hopkins

      Earle Shoop

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      Pepe Serna

      Miguel

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      Lelia Goldoni

      Mary Dove

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      Jackie Earle Haley

      Adore Loomis

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      Billy Barty

      Abe Kusich

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      Gloria LeRoy

      Mrs. Loomis

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      Natalie Schafer

      Audrey Jennings

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      Jane Hoffman

      Mrs. Odlesh

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      Paul Stewart

      Helverston

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      John Hillerman

      Ned Grote

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      Paul Jabara

      Nightclub Entertainer

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      Norman Leavitt

      Mr. Odlesh

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      Madge Kennedy

      Mrs. Johnson

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      Ina Gould

      Lee Sister #1

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      Florence Lake

      Lee Sister #2

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      Margaret Willey

      Mrs. Gingo

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      John War Eagle

      Mr. Gingo

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      Gloria Stroock

      Alice Estee

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      Nita Talbot

      Joan

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      Nicholas Cortland

      Projectionist

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      Alvin Childress

      Butler

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      Byron Paul

      Guest #1

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      Virginia Baker

      Guest #2

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      Roger Price

      Guest #3

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      Angela Greene

      Guest #4

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      Robert O. Ragland

      Guest #5

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      Abbey Greshler

      Guest #6

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      Ann Coleman

      Girl #1

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      Gyl Roland

      Girl #2

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      William Castle

      Director

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      Fred Scheiwiller

      1st Asst. Director

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      Wally Rose

      2nd Asst. Director

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      Grainger Hines

      French Lt.

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      DeForest Covan

      Shoe Shine Boy

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      Michael Quinn

      Major Domo

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      Robert Pine

      Apprentice #1

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      Jerry Fogel

      Apprentice #2

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      Dennis Dugan

      Apprentice #3

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      David Ladd

      Apprentice #4

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      Bob Holt

      Tour Guide

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      Queenie Smith

      Palsied Lady

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      Margaret Aikens Jenkins

      Choral Director

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      Jonathan Kidd

      Undertaker

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      Wally K. Berns

      Theater Manager

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      Dick Powell Jr.

      Dick Powell

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      Al Bain

      Autograph Hunter (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • cinema on cinema
    • movie business
    • social satire
    • lynch mob
    • disturbed
    • lonely man
    • 1930s
    • movie mogul
    • aspiring artist
    • old hollywood
    • eve of world war ii
    • baffled