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The Lost Weekend
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
7.6(698)19451h 41m
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.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Writers
- Charles Brackett,Billy Wilder
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Cast
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
Doris Dowling
Gloria
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Harry Barris
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Guard (uncredited)
David Clyde
Dave (uncredited)
James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John Deauville
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
M. (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Charles C. ColemanAssistant Director
- Billy WilderDirector
Writing
- Charles R. JacksonNovel
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
- Billy WilderScreenplay
Production
- Charles BrackettProducer
- Richard BlaydonProduction Manager
- Frank ParmenterProduction Manager
Camera
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
- Fred TrueGrip
- Harlow StengelAssistant Camera
Editing
- Doane HarrisonEditorial Manager
- Doane HarrisonEditor
Sound
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney CutnerOrchestrator
- Leo ShukenOrchestrator
- Stanley CooleySound Recordist
- Joel MossSound Recordist
Art
- Hans DreierArt Direction
- A. Earl HedrickArt Direction
- Bertram C. GrangerSet Decoration
- Gene LauritzenConstruction Coordinator
- Jack ColcondaProps
Costume & Make-Up
- Edith HeadCostume Design
- Wally WestmoreMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Gordon JenningsVisual Effects
- Farciot EdouartVisual Effects