The Lost Weekend (1945)

11/29/1945 (US) • 1h 41m

Drama

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ray Milland

Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge

Lilian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,250,000.00

Revenue

$11,000,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

alcohol

brother

paranoia

bartender

addiction

alcoholism

flashback

film noir

suicidal

black and white

writer

alcoholic

bats

low self esteem

dishonesty

hopelessness

delirium tremens

lies

devoted girlfriend

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