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The Day of the Locust

1975 • 2h25m Drama

Rating

6.4/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

John Schlesinger

Screenplay

Waldo Salt

Cast

Donald Sutherland

Karen Black

Burgess Meredith

Release date

5/7/1975

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

106