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The Lost Weekend poster

The Lost Weekend (1945)

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

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.

Release: 1945-11-29
Runtime: 101 min
Rating: 7.6 / 10
Cast
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling
Gloria
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. Russell
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
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Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Harry Barris
Harry Barris
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
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Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Jack Rube Clifford
Guard (uncredited)
David Clyde
David Clyde
Dave (uncredited)
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James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)