A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Billy Wilder directs this film noir, with William Holden as Joe Gillis and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.
Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, Nancy Olson is Betty Schaefer and Fred Clark is Sheldrake. A Paramount Pictures production.
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Starring: 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
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Genre: Drama
- Year: 1950
- Runtime: 110 min
