The Day of the Locust
By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.
1975 | 145m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Schlesinger |
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| Writer: | Nathanael West, Waldo Salt |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 07, 1975 |
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| Director: | John Schlesinger |
| Writer: | Nathanael West, Waldo Salt |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, movie business, cinema on cinema, social satire, hollywood, los angeles, california, lynch mob, disturbed, accountant, lonely man, 1930s, movie mogul, aspiring artist, old hollywood, eve of world war ii, film industry, baffled |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donald Sutherland | Homer Simpson |
| Karen Black | Faye Greener |
| Burgess Meredith | Harry Greener |
| William Atherton | Tod Hackett |
| Geraldine Page | Big Sister |
| Richard Dysart | Claude Estee |
| Bo Hopkins | Earle Shoop |
| Pepe Serna | Miguel |
| Lelia Goldoni | Mary Dove |
| Jackie Earle Haley | Adore Loomis |
| Billy Barty | Abe Kusich |
| Gloria LeRoy | Mrs. Loomis |
| Natalie Schafer | Audrey Jennings |
| Jane Hoffman | Mrs. Odlesh |
| Paul Stewart | Helverston |
| John Hillerman | Ned Grote |
| Paul Jabara | Nightclub Entertainer |
| Norman Leavitt | Mr. Odlesh |
| Madge Kennedy | Mrs. Johnson |
| Ina Gould | Lee Sister #1 |
| Florence Lake | Lee Sister #2 |
| Margaret Willey | Mrs. Gingo |
| John War Eagle | Mr. Gingo |
| Gloria Stroock | Alice Estee |
| Nita Talbot | Joan |
| Nicholas Cortland | Projectionist |
| Alvin Childress | Butler |
| Byron Paul | Guest #1 |
| Virginia Baker | Guest #2 |
| Roger Price | Guest #3 |
| Angela Greene | Guest #4 |
| Robert O. Ragland | Guest #5 |
| Abbey Greshler | Guest #6 |
| Ann Coleman | Girl #1 |
| Gyl Roland | Girl #2 |
| William Castle | Director |
| Fred Scheiwiller | 1st Asst. Director |
| Wally Rose | 2nd Asst. Director |
| Grainger Hines | French Lt. |
| DeForest Covan | Shoe Shine Boy |
| Michael Quinn | Major Domo |
| Robert Pine | Apprentice #1 |
| Jerry Fogel | Apprentice #2 |
| Dennis Dugan | Apprentice #3 |
| David Ladd | Apprentice #4 |
| Bob Holt | Tour Guide |
| Queenie Smith | Palsied Lady |
| Margaret Aikens Jenkins | Choral Director |
| Jonathan Kidd | Undertaker |
| Wally K. Berns | Theater Manager |
| Dick Powell Jr. | Dick Powell |
| Al Bain | Autograph Hunter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Jim Clark | Editor |
| John J. Lloyd | Art Direction |
| Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| John Schlesinger | Director |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Thomas Laughridge | Camera Operator |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Marge Champion | Choreographer |
| Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Tim Smyth | Special Effects |
| Lynn Del Kail | Hair Designer |
| Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Mixer |
| Sheldon Schrager | Unit Production Manager |
| Michael Maslansky | Unit Publicist |
| Nathanael West | Novel |
| Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Richard Martens | Gaffer |
| David Campling | Sound Editor |
| Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Del Armstrong | Makeup Designer |
| Phil Adams | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tom Overton | Sound Recordist |
| Tim Zinnemann | Assistant Director |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Allan Gordon | Property Master |
| John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Waldo Salt | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Childers | Associate Producer |
| Jerome Hellman | Producer |
| Sheldon Schrager | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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