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Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Blvd.) (1950)

8.5 Listal rating
8.7 IMDB rating

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Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenplay writer, escapes the finance men who are trying to reclaim his car by driving into the garage of an old mansion on Sunset Boulevard. Assumed to be someone else, he is led by Max the butler to the mansion's owner, silent film star Norma Desmond. Wishing to make a comeback, she hires him to rewrite her "Salo ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
William Holden

William Holden

Joseph C. 'Joe' Gillis
Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Max Von Mayerling
Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough

Lloyd Gough

Morino
Jack Webb

Jack Webb

Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

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Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

First Finance Man
Charles Dayton

Charles Dayton

Second Finance Man


Written by (View all) :
Charles Brackett

Charles Brackett

(written by)
Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

(written by)


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Sunset Boulevard Trailer

Sunset Boulevard Trailer

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SUNSET BOULEVARD

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 21 4:53
Joe Gillis (William Holden) is a struggling young Hollywood screenwriter who accidentally drives into the grounds of a big old house on Sunset Boulevard while trying to get away from two men intent on repossessing his car as he is behind with his payments. The owner of the house is old time movie actress Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) now forgotten by the public but who used to be big. ("I am big. It's the pictures that got small"). Gillis tells her he is a Hollywood scriptwriter so she offers him a job to help her complete a script which she hopes will enable her to make a glorious "comeback" to the silver screen. The script is in fact so bad it would be unfilmable and although at first reluctant Gillis decides he will take advantage of the situation he has found himself in by agreeing to...Read more

cynical

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 27 11:54
It’s a hard and cynical film, which struggles with its doomed but sweet “normal” love affair.

It has some of the best and most memorable lines (“I am big, it’s the pictures that got small”, and “nobody walks out on a star!” come to mind).


Rating : 8/10