The Lost Weekend (1945)
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Directed by Billy Wilder
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.
Runtime: 101 min.
Rating: 7.7
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: desperation,paranoia,weekend,bartender,brother,addiction,alcoholism,noir,flashback,suicidal,writer,alcoholic,bats,low self esteem,dishonesty,hopelessness,delirium tremens,lies,devoted girlfriend
Cast
Don Birnam
Helen St. James
Wick Birnam
Nat the Bartender
Gloria
'Bim' Nolan
Mrs. Deveridge
Mrs. Foley
Mrs. Charles St. James
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Charles St. James
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Dave (uncredited)
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
M. (uncredited)
Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Baby (uncredited)
Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Hardware Man (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Irishman (uncredited)
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Irishman (uncredited)
Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
George (uncredited)
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Mattress Man (uncredited)
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Mike (uncredited)
Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Drunk (uncredited)
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)