The Lost Weekend
19451ч 41минNR
(665)
"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.
Director:Billy Wilder
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateNovember 29, 1945
Age RatingNR
Original Languageen
Budget1 250 000 щ.д.
Revenue11 000 000 щ.д.
Statistics
Vote Count665
Popularity2
Languages
English
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Crew
Writers
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Producers
Charles Brackett
Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
John F. Seitz
Editor
Doane Harrison
Keywords
based on novel or bookalcoholbrotherparanoiabartenderaddictionalcoholismflashbackfilm noirsuicidalblack and whitewriteralcoholicbatslow self esteemdishonestyhopelessnessdelirium tremensliesdevoted girlfriend
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
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Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
