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The Day of the Locust

1975·2h 24m·R
DramaThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 6.9/10
7,014 votes
Metascore
61
Metacritic

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

The Day of the Locust is a 1975 drama thriller movie directed by John Schlesinger, starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 7,014 votes and runs 2h 24m.

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Director
John Schlesinger
Stars
Donald Sutherland
Karen Black
William Atherton
Burgess Meredith
Details
1975-06-12
144 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English, French, German, Spanish
Keywords
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