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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

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19457.61h 41m

Overview

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.

Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Produced by Charles Brackett
Box OfficeBudget: $1.3MRevenue: $11.0M

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookalcoholbrotherparanoiabartenderaddictionalcoholismflashbackfilm noirsuicidalblack and whitewriteralcoholicbatslow self esteemdishonestyhopelessnessdelirium tremensliesdevoted girlfriend

About The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend is a drama film released in 1945 exploring themes of based on novel or book, alcohol, brother, paranoia, bartender, addiction. Directed by Billy Wilder, it stars Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry. 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.

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