Torrential

Sunset Boulevard

A Hollywood Story.

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

Drama

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 (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

(Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited))

Archie R. Dalzell

(Camera Operator (uncredited))

Eddie Dew

(Assistant Coroner (uncredited))

Julia Faye

(Hisham (uncredited))

Al Ferguson

(Phone Standby (uncredited))

Gerry Ganzer

(Betty's Roommate 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 Norma's 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

(Dancing Party Guest / Paramount 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

(Older Paramount Gate Guard 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 at Party (uncredited))

Edward Wahrman

(Camera Assistant (uncredited))

Henry Wilcoxon

(Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited))

Peter Drynan

(Tailor (uncredited))

Sanford E. Greenwald

(Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited))

James Hawley

(Camera Assistant (uncredited))

Alan Marston

(Reporter (uncredited))

Bernice Mosk

(Bernice (uncredited))

Virginia L. Randolph

(Courtier (uncredited))

Bill Sheehan

(Second Assistant Director (uncredited))

Roy Thompson

(Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited))

Jack Warden

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Finn Zirzow

(Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited))