The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

101 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1945

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 might be his last - one way or another.

The Lost Weekend

101 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1945

The Lost Weekend
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 might be his last - one way or another.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Paramount
Original title The Lost Weekend
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Billy Wilder
Writers Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Cast

Ray Milland

as Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

as Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

as Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

as Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling

as Gloria

Frank Faylen

as 'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

as Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

as Mrs. Foley

Lillian Fontaine

as Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

as Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

as Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

as Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter 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)

Audrey Long

as Cloak Room Attendant (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)