Sunset Boulevard (stylized onscreen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American film noir. directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the thoroughfare with the same name that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent-film star who draws him into her fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumph

1K views | MOVIE: Sunset Boulevard, 1950 STARRING: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim PLOT: A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. | The Fabulous Fifties | Facebook