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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,250,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $11,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 9.826 |
Directed By
Billy Wilder
Crew
Charles R. Jackson
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett
Miklós Rózsa
John F. Seitz
Edith Head
Doane Harrison
Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick
Gordon Jennings
Farciot Edouart
Wally Westmore
Bertram C. Granger
Richard Blaydon
Frank Parmenter
Charles C. Coleman
Billy Wilder
Gene Lauritzen
Sidney Cutner
Leo Shuken
Doane Harrison
Fred True
Jack Colconda
Harlow Stengel
Stanley Cooley
Joel Moss
TOP CAST
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)
David Clyde
Dave (uncredited)
James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John Deauville
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
M. (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Earle Hyman
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Jerry James
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Nurse (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Baby (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Doorman (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh
Jewish Man (uncredited)
William Meader
Hardware Man (uncredited)
James Millican
Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Irishman (uncredited)
William Newell
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William O'Leary
Irishman (uncredited)
Peter Potter
Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Stanley Price
Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
George (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Guard (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Mattress Man (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
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