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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

★ 8.3 · 2,917 ratings on TMDB

A Hollywood Story.

Sunset Boulevard poster★ 8.3

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

DirectorBilly Wilder
CastCharles Dayton, Erich von Stroheim, Franklyn Farnum, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Jack Webb
GenresDrama
The emergence reading

Sunset Boulevard keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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