The Day of the Locust

Plot Summary

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

Top Cast

Donald Sutherland Homer Simpson

Karen Black Faye Greener

Burgess Meredith Harry Greener

William Atherton Tod Hackett

Geraldine Page Big Sister