Movie Description
The Lost Weekend
(1945)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Billy Wilder
- Producer : Charles Brackett
- Editor : Doane Harrison
- Cast : Ray Milland,Jane Wyman,Phillip Terry,Howard Da Silva,Doris Dowling,Frank Faylen,Mary Young,Anita Sharp-Bolster,Lilian Fontaine,Frank Orth,Lewis L. Russell,Andy Andrews,Walter Baldwin,Harry Barris,Jess Lee Brooks,Jack Rube Clifford,David Clyde,James Conaty,Willa Pearl Curtis,John Deauville,Helen Dickson,Franklyn Farnum,Byron Foulger,Jayne Hazard,Ted Hecht,Ernest Hilliard,Earle Hyman,Jerry James,Stan Johnson,Jack W. Johnston,Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky,Eddie Laughton,Perc Launders,Bertram Marburgh,William Meader,James Millican,Frank Mills,Pat Moriarity,William Newell,William O'Leary,Peter Potter,Stanley Price,Craig Reynolds,Lester Sharpe,Lee Shumway,Douglas Spencer,Al Stewart,Amzie Strickland,Harry Tenbrook,Fred 'Snowflake' Toones,Emmett Vogan,Max Wagner,Milton Wallace,Gisela Werbisek,Crane Whitley,Ernest Whitman,Harry Wilson,Isabel Withers,Audrey Young,Dick Gordon
Cast
Don Birnam
Helen St. James
Wick Birnam
Nat the Bartender
Gloria
'Bim' Nolan
Mrs. Deveridge
Mrs. Foley
Mrs. Charles St. James
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Charles St. James
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Dave (uncredited)
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
M. (uncredited)
Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Baby (uncredited)
Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Hardware Man (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Irishman (uncredited)
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Irishman (uncredited)
Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
George (uncredited)
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Mattress Man (uncredited)
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Mike (uncredited)
Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Drunk (uncredited)
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Lost Weekend
Status Released
Release Information
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1945-11-29
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 41m
Budget₹ 1250000
Revenue₹ 11000000
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Drama