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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Name: Sunset Boulevard
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: drama film, film noir, flashback film
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 8.4

Directed by Billy Wilder.

Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by John F. Seitz · Cut by Arthur P. Schmidt · Music by Franz Waxman · Ratio Academy ratio · 110 min

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Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950) with Gloria Swanson and William Holden — Serious Feather · 36 min
Sunset Boulevard Explained: The Hollywood Nightmare — The Take · 13 min
SUNSET BOULEVARD: a screenwriting masterclass by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D.M. Marshman — Script Sleuth · 19 min
At 75, "Sunset Boulevard" is ready again for its closeup — CBS Sunday Morning · 10 min
'Sunset Boulevard' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times — The New York Times · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Billy Wilder

Mauvaise Graine — 1934
The Major and the Minor — 1942
Five Graves to Cairo — 1943
Double Indemnity — 1944
Death Mills — 1945
The Lost Weekend — 1945
A Foreign Affair — 1948
The Emperor Waltz — 1948
Ace in the Hole — 1951
Stalag 17 — 1953
Sabrina — 1954
The Seven Year Itch — 1955
Witness for the Prosecution — 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis — 1957
Love in the Afternoon — 1957
Some Like It Hot — 1959
The Apartment — 1960
One, Two, Three — 1961
Irma la Douce — 1963
Kiss Me, Stupid — 1964
The Fortune Cookie — 1966
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes — 1970
Avanti! — 1972
The Front Page — 1974
Fedora — 1978
Buddy Buddy — 1981

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