The Day of the Locust

By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream.

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.

Drama

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))