The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

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

1945-11-29 101 min ★ 7.6

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.

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Cast

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