The Lost Weekend
A once‑successful writer battles to keep his hard‑won sobriety, but an overwhelming craving threatens to plunge him into a fatal four‑day drinking spree.
“The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!”
Synopsis
Don Birnam, a longtime alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and seems to have passed the most critical phase of his recovery. However, his craving for alcohol is becoming more dangerous and difficult to resist. Choosing to skip a planned country weekend with his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day drinking spree that could prove to be his last, with potentially fatal consequences.
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A crew of 65+ credited
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Shot by John F SeitzScored by Miklos Rozsa
Box Office
1945 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$11.0M
Also known as
- Das verlorene Wochenendede
- Días sin huellaes
- Le Poisonfr
- Giorni perdutiit
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Cast & Crew
65 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ray Milland
as Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
as Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
as Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
as Nat
Doris Dowling
as Gloria
Frank Faylen
as 'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
as Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp Bolster
as Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
as Mrs. St. James
Frank Orth
as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L Russell
as Charles St. James
Andy Andrews
as Alcoholic (uncredited)
Supporting cast
48Walter Baldwin
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
Harry Barris
as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
as (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
as Guard (uncredited)
David Clyde
as Dave (uncredited)
James Conaty
as Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
as Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John Deauville
as Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
as Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
as M. (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
as Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Earle Hyman
as Smoking Man (uncredited)
Jerry James
as Male Nurse (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Jack W Johnston
as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Karl Karchy Kosiczky
as Baby (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
as Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Perc Launders
as Doorman (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh
as Jewish Man (uncredited)
William Meader
as Hardware Man (uncredited)
James Millican
as Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
as Irishman (uncredited)
William Newell
as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William O Leary
as Irishman (uncredited)
Peter Potter
as Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Stanley Price
as Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
as George (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
as Jewish Man (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
as Guard (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Al Stewart
as Mattress Man (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Fred Snowflake Toones
as Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Doctor (uncredited)
Max Wagner
as Mike (uncredited)
Milton Wallace
as Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Gisela Werbisek
as Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
as Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Drunk (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
as Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Audrey Young
as Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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