Joe (William Holden) is mistaken for a coffin maker when he meets the washed up movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in this famous scene from Sunset Blvd. A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: William Holden as Gloria Swanson as Erich von Stroheim as Nancy Olson as Fred Clark as Lloyd Gough as Jack Webb as Franklyn Farnum as Larry J. Blake as Charles Dayton as Cecil B. DeMille as Hedda Hopper as Buster Keaton as Anna Q. Nilsson as H.B. Warner as Director: Billy Wilder