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The Lost Weekend 1945 Directed by Billy Wilder

The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, 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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Paramount Pictures
Budget $1,250,000
Revenue $11,000,000
Release Date 29 November 1945
101 mins
Cast
Ray Milland Don Birnam
Jane Wyman Helen St. James
Phillip Terry Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva Nat the Bartender
Frank Faylen 'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young Mrs. Deveridge
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)
David Clyde Dave (uncredited)
James Conaty Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John Deauville Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron Foulger Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard M. (uncredited)
Ted Hecht Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard Headwaiter (uncredited)
Earle Hyman Smoking Man (uncredited)
Jerry James Male Nurse (uncredited)
Stan Johnson Nurse (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky Baby (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Perc Launders Doorman (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh Jewish Man (uncredited)
William Meader Hardware Man (uncredited)
James Millican Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Mills Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity Irishman (uncredited)
William Newell Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William O'Leary Irishman (uncredited)
Peter Potter Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Stanley Price Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds George (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe Jewish Man (uncredited)
Lee Shumway Guard (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Al Stewart Mattress Man (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan Doctor (uncredited)
Max Wagner Mike (uncredited)
Milton Wallace Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Gisela Werbisek Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Crane Whitley Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Harry Wilson Drunk (uncredited)
Isabel Withers Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Audrey Young Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Dick Gordon Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)