The Best Plays radio adaptation of Sunset Boulevard likely followed the plot of the 1950 film, which tells the tragic story of Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star living in isolation in her decaying mansion on Sunset Boulevard.

When struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally enters her life, Norma sees him as her chance to make a grand return to Hollywood. She hires him to edit her screenplay, believing it will be her comeback film. As Joe becomes entangled in Norma’s delusions, he finds himself trapped in her world of obsession and loneliness.