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The Day of the Locust

63.6 %|May 7, 1975|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

John Schlesinger
Director
John Barry
Original Music Composer
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
Nathanael West
Novel
Waldo Salt
Screenplay
Jim Clark
Editor
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Richard Macdonald
Production Design

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Cast

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Donald Sutherland
Homer Simpson
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Karen Black
Faye Greener
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Burgess Meredith
Harry Greener
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William Atherton
Tod Hackett
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Geraldine Page
Big Sister
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Richard Dysart
Claude Estee
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Bo Hopkins
Earle Shoop
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Lelia Goldoni
Mary Dove
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Jackie Earle Haley
Adore Loomis
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Billy Barty
Abe Kusich
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Gloria LeRoy
Mrs. Loomis
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Natalie Schafer
Audrey Jennings
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Jane Hoffman
Mrs. Odlesh
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Paul Stewart
Helverston
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Paul Jabara
Nightclub Entertainer
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Norman Leavitt
Mr. Odlesh
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Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Johnson
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Ina Gould
Lee Sister #1
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Florence Lake
Lee Sister #2
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Margaret Willey
Mrs. Gingo
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Gloria Stroock
Alice Estee
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Nicholas Cortland
Projectionist
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Byron Paul
Guest #1
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Roger Price
Guest #3
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Gyl Roland
Girl #2
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Fred Scheiwiller
1st Asst. Director
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Wally Rose
2nd Asst. Director
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Grainger Hines
French Lt.
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DeForest Covan
Shoe Shine Boy
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Michael Quinn
Major Domo
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Robert Pine
Apprentice #1
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Jerry Fogel
Apprentice #2
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Dennis Dugan
Apprentice #3
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David Ladd
Apprentice #4
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Bob Holt
Tour Guide
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Queenie Smith
Palsied Lady
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Jonathan Kidd
Undertaker
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Wally K. Berns
Theater Manager
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Dick Powell Jr.
Dick Powell
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Al Bain
Autograph Hunter (uncredited)