The Lost Weekend

Synopsis

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.

Details

Director

Billy Wilder

Release

November 29, 1945

Status

Released

Country

United States of America

Network

Paramount Pictures

Runtime

1h 41m

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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
• Andy Andrews

  Alcoholic (uncredited)

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