The Day of the Locust

Directed by John Schlesinger

Written by Nathanael West, Waldo Salt

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.

Cast

Donald Sutherland

Homer Simpson

Karen Black

Faye Greener

Burgess Meredith

Harry Greener

William Atherton

Tod Hackett

Geraldine Page

Big Sister

Richard Dysart

Claude Estee

Bo Hopkins

Earle Shoop

Pepe Serna

Miguel

Lelia Goldoni

Mary Dove

Jackie Earle Haley

Adore Loomis

Billy Barty

Abe Kusich

Gloria LeRoy

Mrs. Loomis