The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend (1945)

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

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.

Date of release
1945-11-29
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (691)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama
Director
Billy Wilder

Casting

  • 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)

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