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

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