The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend

Movie·1945·1h 41m

The Lost Weekend

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

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Charles Brackett

Cinematography

John F. Seitz

Music

Miklós Rózsa

Editor

Doane Harrison

Themes

based on novel or bookalcoholbrotherparanoiabartenderaddictionalcoholismflashbackfilm noirsuicidalblack and whitewriter

Production House

Paramount Pictures

Audience Score

76%

668 votes

Skip7%
Timepass18%
Go for it38%
Perfection37%

Where to watch

Region: IN

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Cast

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling

Doris Dowling

Gloria

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine

Lilian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris

Harry Barris

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks

(uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Jack Rube Clifford

Guard (uncredited)

David Clyde

David Clyde

Dave (uncredited)

James Conaty

Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Charles Brackett

Charles Brackett

Producer, Screenplay

John F. Seitz

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Screenplay, Director

Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Doane Harrison

Editor

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