The Lost Weekend
Film

The Lost Weekend

1945 · 101 min · ★ 7.7 · Dir. Billy Wilder

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

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.

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Starring

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
Lillian 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)