Drame

Boulevard du crépuscule (1950)

10/08/1950 (US) - 110 minutes

Norma Desmond, grande actrice du muet, vit recluse dans sa luxueuse villa de Berverly Hills en compagnie de Max von Meyerling, son majordome qui fut aussi son metteur en scène et mari. Joe Gillis, un scénariste sans le sou, pénètre par hasard dans la propriété et Norma lui propose de travailler au scénario du film qui marquera son retour à l'écran, Salomé. Joe accepte, s'installe chez elle, à la fois fasciné et effrayé par ses extravagances et son délire, et devient bientôt son amant. Quand son délire se transforme en paranoïa et qu'elle débarque au milieu des studios Paramount pour convaincre Cecil B. DeMille de tourner à nouveau avec elle, Gillis commence à prendre ses distances...

Distribution

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

Finance Man #1

Charles Dayton

Finance Man #2

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

H.B. Warner

Buster Keaton

Ray Evans

Anna Q. Nilsson

Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich

Cop Dragging 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

Mac (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

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 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

Party Guest / 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

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 (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon

Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited)

James Hawley

Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Bernice Mosk

Bernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. Randolph

Courtier (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy Thompson

Rudy (uncredited)

Jack Warden

Party Guest (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited)