Sunset Boulevard

Aug 10, 1950

1h 50m

★ 8.3

A Hollywood Story.

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Sunset Boulevard Trailers

Cast

Joe Gillis

William Holden

Norma Desmond

Gloria Swanson

Max von Mayerling

Erich von Stroheim

Betty Schaefer

Nancy Olson

Sheldrake

Fred Clark

Morino

Lloyd Gough

Artie Green

Jack Webb

Undertaker

Franklyn Farnum

1st Finance Man

Larry J. Blake

2nd Finance Man

Charles Dayton

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.

7.1

The Snorkel

Jul 7, 1958

On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is believed to be writing a book in France, his stepdaughter, Candy, suspects him of murdering her mother, as well as her father years before. With the police unwilling to investigate any further, Candy sets out to confirm her suspicions and take Paul down herself.

5.8

The 3rd Voice

Mar 5, 1960

Marian Forbes has been having an affair with her boss and when he drops her for another woman. In an act of jealousy and greed she convinces an acquaintance to murder her former lover and then impersonate him just long enough to get their hands on a large sum of money.

5.9

Spellbinder

Sep 23, 1988

After leaving work one night, Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills and his colleague rescue a young, beautiful woman from an abusive boyfriend. Jeff soon becomes romantically involved with her and embroiled in the web of intrigue that follows her, despite a string of ominous happenstances and repeated warnings from his secretary.

6.9

While the City Sleeps

Apr 19, 1956

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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0.0

The Bench

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Adapted from the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show by actor-writer Robert Galinsky, The Bench is an exploration of the often-unheard stories of people living on the streets of Los Angeles.

5.7

The People Against O'Hara

Sep 1, 1951

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

5.8

Danger Signal

Nov 21, 1945

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.

7.0

The Damned Don't Cry

May 13, 1950

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

5.8

The Sleeping City

Sep 20, 1950

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.

0.0

Una cita con la vida

Apr 21, 1958

The love story between two teenagers, children of incomprehensible parents.

6.0

Carmen

Nov 1, 1915

A Spanish soldier falls under the spell of a fiery gypsy girl named Carmen. His obsession with her leads to his ruin.

6.1

The Woman on the Beach

Jun 7, 1947

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

7.4

Falling Down

Feb 26, 1993

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

2.8

Deadly Dancer

Jan 1, 1990

A police detective, investigating a string of murders of strippers at a Los Angeles night club, must race against the clock to clear his name when he's wrongfully accused of being the killer.

7.6

The Banker

Mar 6, 2020

In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

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0.0

Sweethearts

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The story of Hollywood movie stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and their love affair during the 1930s.

6.8

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

Jan 1, 1980

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.

5.8

The Long Wait

May 26, 1954

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.

7.6

The Graduate

Dec 21, 1967

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.