CinemaOSMovie · 1945 · 1h 41m · NR
The Lost Weekend

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

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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.

Directed byBilly Wilder

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
EN
Released
November 29, 1945
Budget
$1,250,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
Studios
Paramount Pictures

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The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling

Doris Dowling

Gloria

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine

Lilian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Creative team
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Written by
Charles Brackett
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Produced by
Charles Brackett
Charles Brackett

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