The Lost Weekend

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Duration: 101 min
Release date: 1945-11-29
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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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Ray Milland
Ray Milland
as Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
as Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry
as Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva
as Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling
as Gloria
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
as 'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
Mary Young
as Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
Lilian Fontaine
as Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Frank Orth
as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. Russell
Lewis L. Russell
as Charles St. James
Andy Andrews
Andy Andrews
as Alcoholic (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Walter Baldwin
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
Harry Barris
Harry Barris
as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
Jess Lee Brooks
as (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Jack Rube Clifford
as Guard (uncredited)
David Clyde
David Clyde
as Dave (uncredited)
James Conaty
James Conaty
as Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
Willa Pearl Curtis
as Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John Deauville
John Deauville
as Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Helen Dickson
as Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
Jayne Hazard
as M. (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Ted Hecht
as Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
Ernest Hilliard
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Earle Hyman
Earle Hyman
as Smoking Man (uncredited)
Jerry James
Jerry James
as Male Nurse (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Stan Johnson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
Jack W. Johnston
as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
as Baby (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton
as Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Perc Launders
as Doorman (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh
Bertram Marburgh
as Jewish Man (uncredited)
William Meader
William Meader
as Hardware Man (uncredited)
James Millican
James Millican
as Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Frank Mills
as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Pat Moriarity
as Irishman (uncredited)
William Newell
William Newell
as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William O'Leary
William O'Leary
as Irishman (uncredited)
Peter Potter
Peter Potter
as Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Stanley Price
Stanley Price
as Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
Craig Reynolds
as George (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Lester Sharpe
as Jewish Man (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Lee Shumway
as Guard (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Douglas Spencer
as Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Al Stewart
as Mattress Man (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Amzie Strickland
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Harry Tenbrook
as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
as Doctor (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Max Wagner
as Mike (uncredited)
Milton Wallace
Milton Wallace
as Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Gisela Werbisek
Gisela Werbisek
as Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
Crane Whitley
as Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Harry Wilson
as Drunk (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
Isabel Withers
as Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Audrey Young
Audrey Young
as Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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