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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

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