The Lost Weekend

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The Lost Weekend (1945)

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

Audience Score

77

NR 1 hr 41 minNov 29th, 1945Drama

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.

DirectorBilly Wilder

StarringRay MillandJane WymanPhillip Terry

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as Helen St. James

Howard Da Silva

as Nat the Bartender

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 29th, 1945

On DVD & Blu-ray:February 6th, 2001 - Buy DVD

Original Language:English

Production Companies:Paramount

Movie Tags:brother, paranoia, flashback, alcoholic, alcoholism, writer, noir, addiction

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