Drama · United States of America · 1945 · 1h 41m

The Lost Weekend

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Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Ray Milland as Don Birnam Jane Wyman as Helen St. James Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam Howard Da Silva as Nat the Bartender Doris Dowling as Gloria Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan
Crew
John F. Seitz — Director of Photography Doane Harrison — Editor Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer Charles Brackett — Screenplay Billy Wilder — Screenplay Charles R. Jackson — Novel
Tagline

The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookalcoholbrotherparanoiabartenderaddictionalcoholismflashbackfilm noirsuicidalblack and whitewriter
Key Collaborators
Billy Wilder Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Doane Harrison Editor Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer Charles Brackett Screenplay Billy Wilder Screenplay Charles R. Jackson Novel Charles Brackett Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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