The Day of the Locust (1975)

Directed by John Schlesinger

The Day of the Locust movie poster

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.

Genre: Drama

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Conrad Hall · Composer: John Barry · Editor: Jim Clark · Production Design: Richard Macdonald

Production: Paramount Pictures

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