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1945 Drama 1h 41m

The Lost Weekend

"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"

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.

7.6 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Ray Milland

Don Birnam

Jane Wyman

Helen St. James

Phillip Terry

Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling

Gloria

Frank Faylen

'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young

Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Andy Andrews

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks

(uncredited)

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