Sunset Boulevard

1950 PG-13 1h 50m

8.3 /10

2.9K

Genre

Drama

Plot

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

Director

Billy Wilder

Writers

Charles Brackett D.M. Marshman Jr.Billy Wilder

Stars

William Holden Gloria Swanson Erich von Stroheim

Cast & Crew

Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)

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Joel Allen

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Courtier (uncredited)

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Accordionist (uncredited)

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Ken Christy

Homicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

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John Cortay

Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

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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)

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Rudy Germane

Detective (uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

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Len Hendry

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

First Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Tiny Jones

Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

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Howard Joslin

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Arthur Lane

Camera Operator (uncredited)

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Perc Launders

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

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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)

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Ralph Montgomery

Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

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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)

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Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

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Emmett Smith

Black Man (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon

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

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James Hawley

Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Courtier (uncredited)

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Bill Sheehan

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Roy Thompson

Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

Jack Warden

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Finn Zirzow

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

User Reviews See all 5

MrDeltoid77

23 Jul 2025

IMHO...This is a straight up Horror film. A demented, faded star of the Silent era takes in a down on his luck writer... and basically keeps him as a ...

r96sk

19 May 2023

Ace! <em>'Sunset Boulevard'</em> is a splendid flick from 1950. I will note that I found the middle to be ever so slightly less interesting than th...

Geronimo1967

6 Jan 2023

"Gillis" (William Holden) is a down-at-heel script writer who is struggling to keep his head above water. Not having had any successes for a while, hi...

FilipeManuelNeto

16 Nov 2022

**One of the great films of Hollywood's golden age.** This movie is really special. Not only does it show us a lot about the world of Hollywood dur...