The Day of the Locust (1975) on Netflix
Tod Hackett arrives in Hollywood to draw for a studio and falls for his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress. She prefers the life a lonely accountant, Homer Simpson, can offer.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.9/107,092 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes67%
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Plot summary
In 1930s Hollywood, Tod Hackett joins a major studio's art department as a production illustrator and rents an apartment at the San Bernardino Arms, a rundown bungalow court. Among the residents are Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, her father Harry, a former vaudevillian, and Abe Kusich. Faye meets Homer Simpson, a repressed accountant from a wealthier neighborhood, who comes to desire her. Tod befriends Faye and tries to court her, but she tells him she would marry only a rich man.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Day of the Locust (1975)
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- The apartment building used as a set in The Day of the Locust was also used as a set for The Fortune.
