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  Sunset Boulevard (1950)

From Amazon: Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and decay in Hollywood remains as pungent as ever in its power to provoke shock, laughter, and gasps of astonishment. Joe Gillis (William Holden), a broke and cynical young screenwriter, is attempting to ditch a pair of repo men late one afternoon when he pulls off L.A.'s storied Sunset Boulevard and into the driveway of a seedy mansion belonging to Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a forgotten silent movie luminary whose brilliant acting career withered with the coming of talkies. The demented old movie queen lives in the past, assisted by her devoted (but intimidating) butler, Max (played by...

Starring: Gloria Swanson
William Holden
Erich von Stroheim
Nancy Olson
Buster Keaton
Jack Webb
Cecil B. DeMille
Fred Clark
Directed By: Billy Wilder

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Sunset Boulevard Movie Review by B Movie Ben (6/23/2007)

Released the same year that I was, this magnificent film (#16 on AFI's 2007 Top-100 Movies) was the greatest of Billy Wilder's many achievements.

Wilder enraged the big-wigs in Hollywood with his film. It would probably won many more Oscars had the voters been honest and not let their hurt feelings get in the way.

Gloria...

(complete Sunset Boulevard review by B Movie Ben)



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