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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

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Cast

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