Film

The Lost Weekend

1945 · 1h 41m · Drama

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

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

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.

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. James

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks

(uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Guard (uncredited)

• Billy WilderScreenplay · Director
• Charles BrackettScreenplay · Producer
• Charles R. JacksonNovel
• John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
• Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
• Doane HarrisonEditor

The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Release date

November 29, 1945

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

$11,000,000

Genres

Drama

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