Trama
Stagionata star del muto, Norma Desmond si nutre di gloriosi ricordi e vive isolata nella sua villa. Un giovane sceneggiatore al verde la conosce per caso, accetta di scrivere il copione che dovrebbe segnarne il trionfale ritorno alle scene e ne diviene l'amante.
Una storia hollywoodiana.
Data rilascio : 10/08/1950
regia di Billy Wilder
Budget : 1.752.000,00 $
Incasso : 5.000.000,00 $
Cast
-
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
- Undertaker -
Larry J. Blake
- 1st Finance Man -
Charles Dayton
- 2nd Finance Man -
Cecil B. DeMille
- Cecil B. DeMille -
Hedda Hopper
- Hedda Hopper -
Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton -
Anna Q. Nilsson
- Anna Q. Nilsson -
H.B. Warner
- H.B. Warner -
Ray Evans
- Ray Evans -
Jay Livingston
- Jay Livingston -
Fred Aldrich
- Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited) -
Joel Allen
- Prop Man #2 (uncredited) -
Gertrude Astor
- Courtier (uncredited) -
Anne Bauchens
- Editor (uncredited) -
Edward Biby
- Restaurant Patron (uncredited) -
Danny Borzage
- Accordionist (uncredited) -
Ken Christy
- Homicide Captain (uncredited) -
Ruth Clifford
- Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) -
John Cortay
- Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited) -
Archie R. Dalzell
- Camera Operator (uncredited) -
Eddie Dew
- Assistant Coroner (uncredited) -
Julia Faye
- Hisham (uncredited) -
Al Ferguson
- Phone Standby (uncredited) -
Gerry Ganzer
- Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited) -
Rudy Germane
- Detective (uncredited) -
Kenneth Gibson
- Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) -
Creighton Hale
- Creighton Hale (uncredited) -
Chuck Hamilton
- Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited) -
Len Hendry
- Police Sergeant (uncredited) -
E. Mason Hopper
- Doctor (uncredited) -
Stan Johnson
- First Assistant Director (uncredited) -
Tiny Jones
- Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited) -
Howard Joslin
- Police Lieutenant (uncredited) -
Arthur Lane
- Camera Operator (uncredited) -
Perc Launders
- Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited) -
William Meader
- Party Guest (uncredited) -
Gertrude Messinger
- Hairdresser (uncredited) -
Harold Miller
- Man on Golf Course (uncredited) -
Howard Negley
- Police Captain (uncredited) -
John "Skins" Miller
- Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited) -
Lee Miller
- Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited) -
Ralph Montgomery
- Prop Man #1 (uncredited) -
Bert Moorhouse
- Gordon Cole (uncredited) -
Jay Morley
- Fat Man (uncredited) -
Eva Novak
- Courtier (uncredited) -
Frank O'Connor
- Courtier (uncredited) -
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited) -
Jack Perrin
- Detective (uncredited) -
Sidney Skolsky
- Sidney Skolsky (uncredited) -
Emmett Smith
- Black Man (uncredited) -
Archie Twitchell
- Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) -
Yvette Vickers
- Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited) -
Edward Wahrman
- Camera Assistant (uncredited) -
Henry Wilcoxon
- Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited) -
Peter Drynan
- Tailor (uncredited) -
Sanford E. Greenwald
- Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited) -
James Hawley
- Camera Assistant (uncredited) -
Alan Marston
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Bernice Mosk
- Bernice (uncredited) -
Virginia L. Randolph
- Courtier (uncredited) -
Bill Sheehan
- Second Assistant Director (uncredited) -
Roy Thompson
- Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited) -
Jack Warden
- Party Guest (uncredited) -
Finn Zirzow
- Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)