The Lost Weekend
# The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
π Overview:
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.
π΅ Budget: USD
1,250,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1945-11-29
β Running Time:
101 mins
β Vote Average:
7.6
Beloved Cast
Don Birnam
Ray Milland
Helen St. James
Jane Wyman
Wick Birnam
Phillip Terry
Nat the Bartender
Howard Da Silva
Gloria
Doris Dowling
'Bim' Nolan
Frank Faylen
Mrs. Deveridge
Mary Young
Mrs. Foley
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Charles St. James
Lilian Fontaine
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Frank Orth
Charles St. James
Lewis L. Russell
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Andy Andrews
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Harry Barris
(uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
Guard (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Dave (uncredited)
David Clyde
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
James Conaty
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
John Deauville
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
M. (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Earle Hyman
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Jerry James
Nurse (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
Baby (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
Doorman (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Bertram Marburgh
Hardware Man (uncredited)
William Meader
Nurse (uncredited)
James Millican
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Irishman (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William Newell
Irishman (uncredited)
William O'Leary
Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Peter Potter
Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
Stanley Price
George (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
Jewish Man (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Guard (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Mattress Man (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Doctor (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Mike (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Milton Wallace
Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Gisela Werbisek
Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Drunk (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Audrey Young
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Gordon