Sunset Boulevard

A Hollywood Story: Sensational...Daring...Unforgettable...Sunset Blvd

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Drama

William Holden

Gloria Swanson

(Norma Desmond)

Erich von Stroheim

(Max von Mayerling)

Nancy Olson

(Betty Schaefer)

Fred Clark

Lloyd Gough

Jack Webb

Franklyn Farnum

Larry J. Blake

(Finance Man #1)

Charles Dayton

(Finance Man #2)

Cecil B. DeMille

(Cecil B. DeMille)

Hedda Hopper

H.B. Warner

Buster Keaton

(Buster Keaton)

Ray Evans

Anna Q. Nilsson

(Anna Q. Nilsson)

Jay Livingston

(Jay Livingston)

Fred Aldrich

(Cop Dragging Body from Pool (uncredited))

Joel Allen

(Prop Man #2 (uncredited))

Gertrude Astor

(Courtier (uncredited))

Anne Bauchens

(Editor (uncredited))

Edward Biby

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Danny Borzage

(Accordionist (uncredited))

Ken Christy

(Homicide Captain (uncredited))

Ruth Clifford

(Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited))

John Cortay

(Mac (uncredited))

Archie R. Dalzell

(Camera Operator (uncredited))

Eddie Dew

(Assistant Coroner (uncredited))

Julia Faye

(Hisham (uncredited))

Al Ferguson

(Phone Standby (uncredited))

Gerry Ganzer

(Connie (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Detective (uncredited))

Kenneth Gibson

(Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited))

Creighton Hale

(Creighton Hale (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited))

Len Hendry

(Police Sergeant (uncredited))

E. Mason Hopper

(Doctor (uncredited))

Stan Johnson

(First Assistant Director (uncredited))

Tiny Jones

(Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited))

Howard Joslin

(Police Lieutenant (uncredited))

Arthur Lane

(Camera Operator (uncredited))

Perc Launders

(Violinist at New Year's Eve Party (uncredited))

William Meader

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Gertrude Messinger

(Hairdresser (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Man on Golf Course (uncredited))

Howard Negley

(Police Captain (uncredited))

John 'Skins' Miller

(Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited))

Lee Miller

(Party Guest / Studio Employee (uncredited))

Ralph Montgomery

(Prop Man #1 (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Gordon Cole (uncredited))

Jay Morley

(Fat Man (uncredited))

Eva Novak

(Courtier (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Courtier (uncredited))

Robert Emmett O'Connor

(Jonesy (uncredited))

Jack Perrin

(Detective (uncredited))

Sidney Skolsky

(Sidney Skolsky (uncredited))

Emmett Smith

(Black Man (uncredited))

Archie Twitchell

(Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited))

Yvette Vickers

(Giggling Girl on Phone (uncredited))

Henry Wilcoxon

(Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited))

James Hawley

(Camera Assistant (uncredited))

Bernice Mosk

(Bernice (uncredited))

Virginia L. Randolph

(Courtier (uncredited))

Bill Sheehan

(Second Assistant Director (uncredited))

Roy Thompson

(Rudy (uncredited))

Jack Warden

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Finn Zirzow

(Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited))