The Lost Weekend (1945)

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Released:
1945-11-29

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.

Director:
Billy Wilder

Runtime:
1h 41min

Genre:
Drama

  • 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