The Lost Weekend (1945)
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 41m
- Director Billy Wilder
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.6/10 (684 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ray Milland
as Don Birnam
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Jane Wyman
as Helen St. James
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Phillip Terry
as Wick Birnam
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Howard Da Silva
as Nat the Bartender
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Doris Dowling
as Gloria
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Frank Faylen
as 'Bim' Nolan
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Mary Young
as Mrs. Deveridge
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Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Mrs. Foley
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Lilian Fontaine
as Mrs. Charles St. James
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Frank Orth
as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
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Lewis L. Russell
as Charles St. James
- Andy Andrews as Alcoholic (uncredited)
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Walter Baldwin
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
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Harry Barris
as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
- Jess Lee Brooks as (uncredited)
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Jack Rube Clifford
as Guard (uncredited)
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David Clyde
as Dave (uncredited)
- James Conaty as Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Crew
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Billy Wilder
Director
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John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
- Doane Harrison Editor
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Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
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Charles Brackett
Producer
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Charles Brackett
Screenplay
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Billy Wilder
Screenplay
