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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

Release: 1945-11-29 ·Runtime: 101m ·★ 7.6
Drama

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Ted Hecht Ted Hecht as Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited) William Newell William Newell as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited) Emmett Vogan Emmett Vogan as Doctor (uncredited) David Clyde David Clyde as Dave (uncredited) Jane Wyman Jane Wyman as Helen St. James Lewis L. Russell Lewis L. Russell as Charles St. James Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited) Earle Hyman Earle Hyman as Smoking Man (uncredited) Jack Rube Clifford Jack Rube Clifford as Guard (uncredited) Byron Foulger Byron Foulger as Shopkeeper (uncredited) James Millican James Millican as Nurse (uncredited) Douglas Spencer Douglas Spencer as Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited) Ernest Hilliard Ernest Hilliard as Headwaiter (uncredited) Frank Mills Frank Mills as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited) Ernest Whitman Ernest Whitman as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited) Howard Da Silva Howard Da Silva as Nat the Bartender Bertram Marburgh Bertram Marburgh as Jewish Man (uncredited) Stanley Price Stanley Price as Fruit Clerk (uncredited) Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton as Mr. Brophy (uncredited) Audrey Young Audrey Young as Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited) Ray Milland Ray Milland as Don Birnam Jack W. Johnston Jack W. Johnston as Nightclub Guest (uncredited) Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky as Baby (uncredited) Lee Shumway Lee Shumway as Guard (uncredited) Frank Orth Frank Orth as Opera Cloak Room Attendant Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland as Woman in Bar (uncredited) Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited) Mary Young Mary Young as Mrs. Deveridge Lilian Fontaine Lilian Fontaine as Mrs. Charles St. James Harry Barris Harry Barris as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited) Lester Sharpe Lester Sharpe as Jewish Man (uncredited) Crane Whitley Crane Whitley as Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited) Phillip Terry Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam Jayne Hazard Jayne Hazard as M. (uncredited) Anita Sharp-Bolster Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Foley Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin as Man from Albany (uncredited) John Deauville John Deauville as Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited) Doris Dowling Doris Dowling as Gloria Craig Reynolds Craig Reynolds as George (uncredited) Harry Wilson Harry Wilson as Drunk (uncredited) Frank Faylen Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan Franklyn Farnum Franklyn Farnum as Concert Attendee (uncredited)