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The Day of the Locust

(1975)

May 7, 1975• 2h 25m
64%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

John Schlesinger

Director

Top Billed Cast

DS

Donald Sutherland

Homer Simpson

KB

Karen Black

Faye Greener

BM

Burgess Meredith

Harry Greener

WA

William Atherton

Tod Hackett

GP

Geraldine Page

Big Sister

RD

Richard Dysart

Claude Estee

BH

Bo Hopkins

Earle Shoop

PS

Pepe Serna

Miguel

LG

Lelia Goldoni

Mary Dove

JEH

Jackie Earle Haley

Adore Loomis

Official Trailer