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The Lost Weekend

1945, drama

101 minutes

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...

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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

Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

Lillian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks

(uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Jack Rube Clifford

Guard (uncredited)

David Clyde

David Clyde

Dave (uncredited)

James Conaty

Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

Willa Pearl Curtis

Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

John Deauville

John Deauville

Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Mrs. Frink (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard

M. (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard

Ernest Hilliard

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Earle Hyman

Smoking Man (uncredited)

Jerry James

Male Nurse (uncredited)

Stan Johnson

Nurse (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

Jack W. Johnston

Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

Baby (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton

Mr. Brophy (uncredited)

Perc Launders

Doorman (uncredited)

Audrey Long

Audrey Long

Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

Jewish Man (uncredited)

William Meader

Hardware Man (uncredited)

James Millican

James Millican

Nurse (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

Irishman (uncredited)

William Newell

William Newell

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

William O'Leary

Irishman (uncredited)

Peter Potter

Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)

Stanley Price

Stanley Price

Fruit Clerk (uncredited)

Craig Reynolds

Craig Reynolds

George (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Lee Shumway

Guard (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Douglas Spencer

Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

Al Stewart

Mattress Man (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Amzie Strickland

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Harry Tenbrook

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Doctor (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Max Wagner

Mike (uncredited)

Milton Wallace

Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)

Gisela Werbisek

Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

Crane Whitley

Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson

Drunk (uncredited)

Isabel Withers

Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Hans Dreier

Art direction

A. Earl Hedrick

Art direction

Bertram C. Granger

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume design

Wally Westmore

Wally Westmore

Makeup artist

Directing

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Director

Editing

Doane Harrison

Editor,

Production

Charles Brackett

Charles Brackett

Producer

Sound

Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa

Original music composer

Stanley Cooley

Sound recordist

Joel Moss

Sound recordist

Writing

Visual effects

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