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The Lost Weekend(1945)

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7.6(672)1h 41m1945-11-29

Drama

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.

Director:: Billy Wilder
Writers:: Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Producers:: Charles Brackett
Cinematographer:: John F. Seitz
Composer:: Miklós Rózsa
Production:: Paramount Pictures
Budget:: $1,250,000
Revenue:: $11,000,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling

Doris Dowling

Gloria

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine

Lilian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

Andy Andrews

Alcoholic (uncredited)