The Lost Weekend
“The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!”
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
60 people
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Known for
Dial M for Murder
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Known for
Stage Fright
All That Heaven Allows
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Known for
Born to Kill
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
Known for
They Live by Night
Mommie Dearest
Doris Dowling
Gloria
Known for
Bitter Rice
The Blue Dahlia
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
Also in
Alias Jesse James
Address Unknown
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Known for
Scarlet Street
Saboteur
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Known for
The Bigamist
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Known for
His Girl Friday
Father of the Bride
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
Known for
A Night in Casablanca
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Also in
Battle Taxi
The Crawling Hand
Billy Wilder Director · Charles Brackett Screenplay Charles R. Jackson Author
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $1.2M · United States release November 29, 1945
Box office
Budget
$1,250,000
Worldwide gross
$11,000,000
Gross vs. budget
8.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 5, 1945
United States · November 29, 1945
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Austria
January 1, 1948 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 25, 2012 · Physical · IMDB
China
June 13, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Denmark
April 21, 1948 · Theatrical
France
February 4, 1947 · Theatrical
Germany
February 1, 1948 · Theatrical · genauer Tag der Veröffentlichung unbekannt
Hungary
June 12, 1947 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 4, 1946 · Theatrical
Japan
December 5, 1947 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 24, 2005 · Physical · DVD
June 25, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
July 5, 2018 · Theatrical · Release
South Korea
October 15, 1948 · Theatrical
Spain
April 15, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 29, 1945 · Theatrical
XC
August 22, 1947 · Theatrical
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