The Lost Weekend
movie
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
Released November 29, 1945
Genres:
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.
Cast
Ray Milland
as
Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
as
Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
as
Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
as
Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling
as
Gloria
Frank Faylen
as
'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
as
Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as
Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
as
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
as
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. Russell
as
Charles St. James
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Andy Andrews
as
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Crew
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Charles R. Jackson
as
Novel
Charles Brackett
as
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
as
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
as
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
as
Original Music Composer
John F. Seitz
as
Director of Photography
Edith Head
as
Costume Design
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Doane Harrison
as
Editorial Manager
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Hans Dreier
as
Art Direction
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A. Earl Hedrick
as
Art Direction
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Gordon Jennings
as
Visual Effects
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Farciot Edouart
as
Visual Effects