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.
| Writing | Waldo Salt | Screenplay |
| Directing | John Schlesinger | Director |
| Writing | Nathanael West | Novel |
| Camera | Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Production | Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Editing | Jim Clark | Editor |
| Art | John J. Lloyd | Art Direction |
| Art | George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Del Kail | Hair Designer |
| Directing | Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Sheldon Schrager | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Tim Smyth | Special Effects |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Marge Champion | Choreographer |
| Production | Jerome Hellman | Producer |
| Camera | Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Tim Zinnemann | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Michael Childers | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Production | Sheldon Schrager | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Sound | David Campling | Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Richard Martens | Gaffer |
| Camera | Thomas Laughridge | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Allan Gordon | Property Master |
| Crew | Michael Maslansky | Unit Publicist |
