A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
William Holden | Joe Gillis | |
Gloria Swanson | Norma Desmond | |
Erich von Stroheim | Max Von Mayerling | |
Nancy Olson | Betty Schaefer | |
Fred Clark | Sheldrake | |
Lloyd Gough | Morino | |
Jack Webb | Artie Green | |
Franklyn Farnum | Undertaker | |
Larry J. Blake | 1st Finance Man | |
Charles Dayton | 2nd Finance Man | |
Cecil B. DeMille | Cecil B. DeMille | |
Hedda Hopper | Hedda Hopper | |
Buster Keaton | Buster Keaton | |
Anna Q. Nilsson | Anna Q. Nilsson | |
H.B. Warner | H. B. Warner | |
Ray Evans | Ray Evans | |
Jay Livingston | Jay Livingston | |
Fred Aldrich | Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool | |
Joel Allen | Prop Man #2 | |
Gertrude Astor | Courtier | |
Anne Bauchens | Editor | |
Edward Biby | Restaurant Patron | |
Danny Borzage | Accordionist | |
Ken Christy | Homicide Captain | |
Ruth Clifford | Sheldrake's Secretary |
Director | Billy Wilder | |
Writer | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr. | |
Producer | Charles Brackett | |
Musician | Franz Waxman | |
Photography | John F. Seitz |