A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Billy Wilder
Director
John F. Seitz
Charles C. Coleman
Gerd Oswald
William Holden
Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough
Morino
Jack Webb
Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
Undertaker
Larry J. Blake
1st Finance Man
Charles Dayton
2nd Finance Man
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Buster Keaton
Anna Q. Nilsson
H.B. Warner
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
