
Film
The Lost Weekend
1945 · 1h 41m · Drama
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
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- 7.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97%
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Overview
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
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Cast

Ray Milland
Don Birnam

Jane Wyman
Helen St. James

Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling
Gloria

Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford
Guard (uncredited)
Crew
- Billy WilderScreenplay · Director
- Charles BrackettScreenplay · Producer
- Charles R. JacksonNovel
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Doane HarrisonEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 29, 1945
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1,250,000
- Revenue
- $11,000,000
- Genres
- Drama
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