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 Brackett

Screenplay

Billy Wilder

Screenplay, Director

Charles R. Jackson

Novel

Cast

Ray Milland's headshot

Ray Milland

Don Birnam
Jane Wyman's headshot

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James
Phillip Terry's headshot

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva's headshot

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling's headshot

Doris Dowling

Gloria
Frank Faylen's headshot

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young's headshot

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster's headshot

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

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