The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend (1945)

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

Drama

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.

star 7.6
  • Release Date: 1945-11-29
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Billy Wilder

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    • Trailer

    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)

    • Walter Baldwin

      Man from Albany (uncredited)

    • Harry Barris

      Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

    • Jess Lee Brooks

      (uncredited)

    • Jack Rube Clifford

      Guard (uncredited)

    • David Clyde

      Dave (uncredited)

    • James Conaty

      Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

    • Willa Pearl Curtis

      Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

    • John Deauville

      Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

    • Helen Dickson

      Mrs. Frink (uncredited)

    • Franklyn Farnum

      Concert Attendee (uncredited)

    • Byron Foulger

      Shopkeeper (uncredited)

    • Jayne Hazard

      M. (uncredited)

    • Ted Hecht

      Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)

    • Ernest Hilliard

      Headwaiter (uncredited)

    • Earle Hyman

      Smoking Man (uncredited)

    • Jerry James

      Male Nurse (uncredited)

    • Stan Johnson

      Nurse (uncredited)

    • Jack W. Johnston

      Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

    • Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

      Baby (uncredited)

    • Eddie Laughton

      Mr. Brophy (uncredited)

    • Perc Launders

      Doorman (uncredited)

    • Bertram Marburgh

      Jewish Man (uncredited)

    • William Meader

      Hardware Man (uncredited)

    • James Millican

      Nurse (uncredited)

    • Frank Mills

      Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

    • Pat Moriarity

      Irishman (uncredited)

    • William Newell

      Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

    • William O'Leary

      Irishman (uncredited)

    • Peter Potter

      Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)

    • Stanley Price

      Fruit Clerk (uncredited)

    • Craig Reynolds

      George (uncredited)

    • Lester Sharpe

      Jewish Man (uncredited)

    • Lee Shumway

      Guard (uncredited)

    • Douglas Spencer

      Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

    • Al Stewart

      Mattress Man (uncredited)

    • Amzie Strickland

      Woman in Bar (uncredited)

    • Harry Tenbrook

      Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

    • Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

      Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

    • Emmett Vogan

      Doctor (uncredited)

    • Max Wagner

      Mike (uncredited)

    • Milton Wallace

      Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)

    • Gisela Werbisek

      Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)

    • Crane Whitley

      Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)

    • Ernest Whitman

      Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

    • Harry Wilson

      Drunk (uncredited)

    • Isabel Withers

      Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

    • Audrey Young

      Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

    • Dick Gordon

      Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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