▁plot ▁has ▁Mix ▁and ▁Ear p ▁team ▁up ▁to ▁solve ▁a ▁murder ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁ ▁Although ▁Sun set ▁had ▁some ▁com edic ▁elements , ▁it ▁ve ered ▁much ▁more ▁to ▁the ▁period ▁mystery ▁genre ▁of ▁old ▁Hollywood . ▁Review ers , ▁such ▁as ▁Roger ▁E bert , ▁strugg led ▁trying ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁film . ▁E bert ▁noted , ▁" The ▁str ang est ▁thing ▁about ▁' S un set ' ▁is ▁that ▁it ' s ▁not ▁a ▁comedy , ▁not ▁exactly . ▁It ▁has ▁some ▁laugh s , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁low - key , ▁eleg iac ▁m ood ▁film ▁... " ▁ ▁While ▁Will is ▁received ▁top ▁b illing ▁in ▁Sun set , ▁Gar ner ▁actually ▁has ▁much ▁more ▁screen ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁film ▁in ▁which ▁Gar ner ▁played ▁Wy att ▁Ear p , ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁John ▁St urg es ' s ▁H our ▁of ▁the ▁Gun , ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁This ▁was ▁director ▁Edwards ' ▁second ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Will is , ▁whom ▁he ▁directed ▁in ▁Bl ind ▁Date ▁( 1 9 8 7 ), ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁Will is ' ▁first ▁film ; ▁Sun set ▁was ▁Will is ' ▁second . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁Hollywood ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁during ▁the ▁w an ing ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁industry ' s ▁transition ▁to ▁sound ▁film , ▁producer ▁and ▁studio ▁head ▁Alf ie ▁Al