The Lost Weekend (1945)
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.
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $11M
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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
Lillian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Keywords
Based on novel or bookAlcoholicAddictionSuicidalBrotherFlashbackAlcoholismWriterParanoiaLiesBartenderLow self esteemDishonestyDesperationBlack and whiteNoirWeekendBatsHopelessnessDelirium tremensDevoted girlfriendFilm noir
