The Lost Weekend (1945)
- NR
- 11/29/1945 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 41m
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.
Charles R. Jackson
NovelCharles Brackett
ScreenplayBilly Wilder
Screenplay, DirectorCast
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling
Gloria
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
