![Poster of the movie The Day of the Locust](/images/posters/1000x1500/81/the-day-of-the-locust-1975-us-poster.jpg)
1975 Dramatic thriller
USA
2h 24min
R
In 1930s Los Angeles, Hollywood shines like a beacon to all the helpless people scattered across the city. In one crumbling apartment block, a blond bombshell (Karen Black) aspires to be an actress, an artist (William Atherton) looks for legitimacy, and a child actor performs a gross homage to Mae West. Cockfights and poverty prevail out of the glow of show business. Introverted accountant Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) watches as society collapses under greed and ambition.
Directed by | John Schlesinger |