Sunset Boulevard (1950) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Billy Wilder.

Cast

• William Holden as Joe Gillis
• Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond
• Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling
• Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer
• Fred Clark as Sheldrake
• Lloyd Gough as Morino
• Jack Webb as Artie Green
• Franklyn Farnum as Undertaker
• Larry J. Blake as Finance Man #1
• Charles Dayton as Finance Man #2
• Cecil B. DeMille as Cecil B. DeMille
• Hedda Hopper as Hedda Hopper
• H.B. Warner as H.B. Warner
• Buster Keaton as Buster Keaton
• Ray Evans as Ray Evans
• Anna Q. Nilsson as Anna Q. Nilsson
• Jay Livingston as Jay Livingston
• Fred Aldrich as Cop Dragging Body from Pool (uncredited)
• Joel Allen as Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
• Gertrude Astor as Courtier (uncredited)
• Anne Bauchens as Editor (uncredited)
• Edward Biby as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
• Danny Borzage as Accordionist (uncredited)
• Ken Christy as Homicide Captain (uncredited)
• Ruth Clifford as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
• John Cortay as Mac (uncredited)
• Archie R. Dalzell as Camera Operator (uncredited)
• Eddie Dew as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
• Julia Faye as Hisham (uncredited)
• Al Ferguson as Phone Standby (uncredited)
• Gerry Ganzer as Connie (uncredited)
• Rudy Germane as Detective (uncredited)
• Kenneth Gibson as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
• Creighton Hale as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
• Chuck Hamilton as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
• Len Hendry as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• E. Mason Hopper as Doctor (uncredited)
• Stan Johnson as First Assistant Director (uncredited)
• Tiny Jones as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
• Howard Joslin as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Crew

• Billy Wilder — Director
• Charles Brackett — Screenplay
• Billy Wilder — Screenplay
• D.M. Marshman Jr. — Screenplay
• Charles Brackett — Producer
• Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
• John F. Seitz — Director of Photography

Movies like Sunset Boulevard

If you enjoyed Sunset Boulevard, these movies have a similar feel:

• Mank (2020)
• Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
• Trumbo (2015)
• The Lost Weekend (1945)
• Opening Night (1977)
• A Double Life (1947)
• Hitchcock (2012)
• Killer's Kiss (1955)
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)
• Fat City (1972)
• Foxes (1980)
• The Sense of an Ending (2017)

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