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Sunset Blvd

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director

Billy Wilder

Year

Genre

drama, film-noir

Box Office

$299,645

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 19 wins & 20 nominations total

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Joe Gillis

Norma Desmond

Max Von Mayerling

Erich von Stroheim

Betty Schaefer

Sheldrake

Morino

Artie Green

Undertaker

Franklyn Farnum

1st Finance Man

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

H. B. Warner

Ray Evans

Jay Livingston

Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool

Prop Man #2

Courtier

Editor

Restaurant Patron

Accordionist

Homicide Captain

Sheldrake's Secretary

Mac - Young Gate Guard at Paramount Studios

Camera Operator

Archie R. Dalzell

Assistant Coroner

Tailor

Hisham

Phone Standby

Connie - Betty's Roommate

Detective

Salesman at Men's Shop

Undetermined Role

Newsreel Cameraman

Sanford E. Greenwald

Creighton Hale

Grip on DeMille Set

Camera Assistant

Police Sergeant

Doctor

E. Mason Hopper

First Assistant Director

Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate

Police Lieutenant

Camera Operator

Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party

Reporter

Party Guest

Hairdresser

Gertrude Messinger

Man on Golf Course

Hog-eye - Electrician

John 'Skins' Miller

Dancing Party Guest

Prop Man #1

Ralph Montgomery

Gordon Cole

Fat Man

Bernice

Police Captain

Undetermined Role

Courtier

Courtier

Jonesy - Older Paramount Gate Guard

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Detective

Courtier

Virginia L. Randolph

Second Assistant Director

Sidney Skolsky

Black Man

Rudy - Shoeshine Boy

Salesman at Men's Shop

Archie Twitchell

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party

Camera Assistant

Party Guest

Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set

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GILLIS Yes this is Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles California - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS Yes this is Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles California

GILLIS As I drove back towards town I took inventory of my prospects - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS As I drove back towards town I took inventory of my...

I had landed myself
in the driveway of some big mansion - Sunset Blvd

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion - Sunset Blvd

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion

It was a great big white elephant of a place - Sunset Blvd

It was a great big white elephant of a place

Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the go by - Sunset Blvd

Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the...

NORMA You there Why are you so late - Sunset Blvd

NORMA You there Why are you so late

Wipe your feet - Sunset Blvd

In here. - Sunset Blvd

I've made up my mind
we'll bury him in the garden. - Sunset Blvd

I've made up my mind we'll bury him in the garden.

If you need any help with the coffin call me - Sunset Blvd

If you need any help with the coffin call me

NORMA This way - Sunset Blvd

I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined with satin - Sunset Blvd

I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined...

How much will it be - Sunset Blvd

How much will it be

Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your face - Sunset Blvd

Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your...

There was a time in this business - Sunset Blvd

There was a time in this business

They took the idols and smashed them - Sunset Blvd

They took the idols and smashed them

Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer - Sunset Blvd

Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer

Intimate isn't it - Sunset Blvd

Intimate isn't it

Next time I'll bring my autograph album along - Sunset Blvd

Next time I'll bring my autograph album along

You're a writer you said GILLIS Why - Sunset Blvd

You're a writer you said GILLIS Why

Young man tell me something - Sunset Blvd

Young man tell me something

It's a story of Salome I think I'll have DeMille direct it - Sunset Blvd

It's a story of Salome I think I'll have DeMille...

Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback - Sunset Blvd

Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback

GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement

Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part - Sunset Blvd

Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Blvd

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring

Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be - Sunset Blvd

Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad...

It sure was a cozy setup,
that bundle of raw nerves and Max - Sunset Blvd

It sure was a cozy setup, that bundle of raw nerves and Max

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Blvd

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring

What it needs is maybe a little more dialog - Sunset Blvd

What it needs is maybe a little more dialog

Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them - Sunset Blvd

Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them

GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled...

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...

Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond - Sunset Blvd

Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond

GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too

There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd

There was something else going on below

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...

There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd

There was something else going on below

It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come - Sunset Blvd

It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come

Cut away from me - Sunset Blvd

Cut away from me

You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Blvd

You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break...

That's it - Sunset Blvd

How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds - Sunset Blvd

How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma...

The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside - Sunset Blvd

The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside

She'd sit very close to me - Sunset Blvd

She'd sit very close to me

We didn't need dialog We had faces - Sunset Blvd

We didn't need dialog We had faces

There just aren't any faces like that anymore - Sunset Blvd

There just aren't any faces like that anymore

Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles - Sunset Blvd

Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles

The others around the table would be actor friends - Sunset Blvd

The others around the table would be actor friends

One diamond One heart - Sunset Blvd

One diamond One heart

Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We have a car - Sunset Blvd

Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We...

She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset - Sunset Blvd

She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset

Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take the vicuna - Sunset Blvd

Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take...

GILLIS The last week in December the rains came - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS The last week in December the rains came

Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy - Sunset Blvd

Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy

GILLIS There it was again - Sunset Blvd

GILLIS There it was again

You know to me getting dressed up was always - Sunset Blvd

You know to me getting dressed up was always

Here's to us - Sunset Blvd

You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed - Sunset Blvd

You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed

There are no other guests - Sunset Blvd

There are no other guests

I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her finger - Sunset Blvd

I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her...

Don't be silly - Sunset Blvd

I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody laugh again - Sunset Blvd

I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody...

Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie - Sunset Blvd

Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie

Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded - Sunset Blvd

Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded

Thanks I've been hoping to run into you - Sunset Blvd

Thanks I've been hoping to run into you

Hey Joe I said you could have my couch - Sunset Blvd

Hey Joe I said you could have my couch

Are you hungry Hungry - Sunset Blvd

Are you hungry Hungry

You won't I'll get us a refill of this horrible liquid - Sunset Blvd

You won't I'll get us a refill of this horrible...

What kind of a silly thing was that to do - Sunset Blvd

What kind of a silly thing was that to do

You really going to send that script to DeMille - Sunset Blvd

You really going to send that script to DeMille

I'm not just selling the script I'm selling me - Sunset Blvd

I'm not just selling the script I'm selling me

Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping yourself - Sunset Blvd

Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping...

I can still see myself in the line Marie Prevost Mabel Normand - Sunset Blvd

I can still see myself in the line Marie Prevost Mabel...

Mabel was always stepping on my feet - Sunset Blvd

Mabel was always stepping on my feet

Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture - Sunset Blvd

Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a...

Madame is wanted on the telephone You know better than to interrupt me - Sunset Blvd

Madame is wanted on the telephone You know better than to...

Incredible as it may seem - Sunset Blvd

Incredible as it may seem

Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah - Sunset Blvd

Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah

Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio - Sunset Blvd

Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount...

Norma Desmond She must be a million years old - Sunset Blvd

Norma Desmond She must be a million years old

I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection room - Sunset Blvd

I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection...

You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl of 17 - Sunset Blvd

You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl...

That last time I saw you was some place very gay - Sunset Blvd

That last time I saw you was some place very gay

Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead - Sunset Blvd

Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead

We've missed you too dear - Sunset Blvd

We've missed you too dear

You see those offices there Mr Gillis - Sunset Blvd

You see those offices there Mr Gillis

Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine - Sunset Blvd

Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine

To begin with I think you should throw out all that psychological mess - Sunset Blvd

To begin with I think you should throw out all that...

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A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

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Director: Billy Wilder

Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: drama, film-noir

Year: 1950

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.4

BoxOffice: $299,645

Released: 04 Aug 1950

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 19 wins & 20 nominations total

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