"A Hollywood Story: Sensational...Daring...Unforgettable...Sunset Blvd"
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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William Holden
Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
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Larry J. Blake
Finance Man #1
Charles Dayton
Finance Man #2
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A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
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An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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