The Lost Weekend
1945/11/29 (US) | Drama
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
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.
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,250,000
Revenue
$ 11,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Paramount Pictures
Crews
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Charles R. Jackson
Novel
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Charles Brackett
Producer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction