The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend (1945)

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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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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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