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The Lost Weekend
1h 41min
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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.
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Original Title
The Lost Weekend
Runtime (Duration)
1h 41min
Directors
Critics & Audience Score
6.4
Total Votes
666
Release Year
1945
Country
United States of America
Production Budget
$1.3M
Box Office Revenue
$11M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$9.8M
Casting
Actors

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)
Crew

Billy Wilder
DIRECTOR

Miklós Rózsa
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Charles Brackett
SCREENPLAY

Billy Wilder
SCREENPLAY

Charles Brackett
PRODUCER

John F. Seitz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Hans Dreier
ART DIRECTION
Bertram C. Granger
SET DECORATION

Wally Westmore
MAKEUP ARTIST
A. Earl Hedrick
ART DIRECTION

Edith Head
COSTUME DESIGN
Farciot Edouart
VISUAL EFFECTS
Doane Harrison
EDITORIAL MANAGER
Charles R. Jackson
NOVEL
Gordon Jennings
VISUAL EFFECTS
Charles C. Coleman
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Frank Parmenter
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Richard Blaydon
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Leo Shuken
ORCHESTRATOR

Sidney Cutner
ORCHESTRATOR
Gene Lauritzen
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR
Doane Harrison
EDITOR
Fred True
GRIP
Jack Colconda
PROPS
Harlow Stengel
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Joel Moss
SOUND RECORDIST
Stanley Cooley
SOUND RECORDIST
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