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1945 • 1h 41min • Approved • Drama

The Lost Weekend

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

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.

IMDb 7.9

RT 97%

Writers

Charles R. Jackson

Charles Brackett

Billy Wilder

Composer

Miklós Rózsa

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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

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

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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

Anita Sharp-Bolster Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine Mrs. Charles St. Jam...

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Lewis L. Russell Charles St. James

Andy Andrews Alcoholic (uncredite...

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Harry Barris Pianist at Harry & J...

Jess Lee Brooks (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford Guard (uncredited)

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