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The Lost Weekend

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

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NR 1945 · 1h 41m
Drama
Starring Ray Milland · Jane Wyman · Phillip Terry
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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.

Theatrical
Nov 29, 1945
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 6, 2001
Box Office
$11.0M
Budget
$1.3M
Return
8.8x
Theaters
1
Director
Billy Wilder
Writers
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Producer
Charles Brackett
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Keywords
alcohol based on novel or book paranoia bartender brother addiction alcoholism film noir flashback suicidal black and white writer alcoholic bats low self esteem dishonesty hopelessness delirium tremens lies devoted girlfriend
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Cast

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R
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
J
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
P
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
H
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
D
Doris Dowling
Gloria
F
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
M
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
A
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
L
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
F
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
L
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
A
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
W
Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany (uncredited)
H
Harry Barris
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
J
Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)
J
Jack Rube Clifford
Guard (uncredited)
D
David Clyde
Dave (uncredited)
J
James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
W
Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
J
John Deauville
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
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Daring Themes in The Lost Weekend
Taglines How daring can the screen dare to be? No adult man or woman can risk missing the startling frankness of The Lost Weekend.
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Exploring the Dark Themes of a Bestseller
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