TMDb Rating
6.4/10
106 verified votes
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Drama
145 min
"By train, by car, by bus, they came to Hollywood... in search of a dream."
Plot Summary
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.
Director
John Schlesinger
Top Cast
Donald SutherlandKaren BlackBurgess MeredithWilliam AthertonGeraldine Page
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