Trailer for Sunset Boulevard
Struggling to put food on the table and stopping the debt collectors from repossessing his car, low grade screen writer Joe Gillis (William Holden - Sabrina) finds himself hiding his car in a garage of what he believes is an abandoned mansion. But the mansion is not abandoned and is the home of aging star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her butler Max (Erich von Stroheim) who after a confusion over who Joe is makes him an offer. Norma wants to relaunch her career and has written a sprawling story so convinces Joe to edit it for her, but her manipulation of Joe leads to resentment as she forces him to move in and turns him into her plaything. ... Read Review