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

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