The Lost Weekend

Nov 29, 1945

1h 41m

★ 7.6

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Don Birnam

Ray Milland

Helen St. James

Jane Wyman

Wick Birnam

Phillip Terry

Nat the Bartender

Howard Da Silva

Gloria

Doris Dowling

'Bim' Nolan

Frank Faylen

Mrs. Deveridge

Mary Young

Mrs. Foley

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Charles St. James

Lilian Fontaine

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Frank Orth

Charles St. James

Lewis L. Russell

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Andy Andrews

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