Credits
Cast
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
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Ray Evans
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston
Fred Aldrich
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtier (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens
Editor (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Accordionist (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
John Cortay
Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Hisham (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Phone Standby (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Detective (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper
Doctor (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Arthur Lane
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
William Meader
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Police Captain (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Fat Man (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtier (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Courtier (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Detective (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
Black Man (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
James Hawley
Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Bernice Mosk
Bernice (uncredited)
Virginia L. Randolph
Courtier (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Roy Thompson
Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Party Guest (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Art
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John Meehan
Art Direction
Jack Colconda
Assistant Property Master
Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Steve Beers
Head Carpenter
Tom Plews
Props
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Camera
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Otto Pierce
Camera Operator
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Fred True
Grip
Glen E. Richardson
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hairstylist
Vera Tomei
Hairstylist
Karl Silvera
Makeup Artist
Frank Thayer
Makeup Artist
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Hazel Hegarty
Wardrobe Master
Ed Fitzharris
Wardrobe Master
Crew
Ronnie Lubin
Dialogue Coach
Norris Stensland
Technical Advisor
Directing
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Gerd Oswald
Second Assistant Director
Editing
Frank Bracht
Assistant Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Doane Harrison
Supervising Editor
Lighting
Walter Tayler
Gaffer
Production
Charles Brackett
Producer, Screenplay
Hugh Brown
Production Manager
Sound
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
Visual Effects
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Writing
D.M. Marshman Jr.
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay, Director