The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1975-05-07
Genre:Drama
Duration:145 min
Country:United States of America
Director:John Schlesinger
Actors:Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page
Production:Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions

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.

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