Los Angeles, de jaren '30 van de vorige eeuw. De jonge tekenaar Tod Hackett weet werk te vinden bij een grote Hollywood studio. Hij is nog vol hoop en dromen. Hij ontmoet de beginnende, maar niet bijster getalenteerde actrice Faye Greener, op wie hij vrijwel onmiddellijk verliefd wordt.
Nee, helaas is The Day of the Locust nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Schlesinger | Director |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Nathanael West | Novel |
| Writing | Waldo Salt | Screenplay |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Art | John J. Lloyd | Art Direction |
| Art | George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Production | Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Editing | Jim Clark | Editor |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Michael Childers | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Del Kail | Hair Designer |
| Sound | David Campling | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Tim Zinnemann | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Marge Champion | Choreographer |
| Production | Sheldon Schrager | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Richard Martens | Gaffer |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Production | Jerome Hellman | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| Production | Sheldon Schrager | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Thomas Laughridge | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Tim Smyth | Special Effects |
| Camera | Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Michael Maslansky | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Allan Gordon | Property Master |
