The Lost Weekend (1945)
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1945-11-29
- Runtime:
- 101 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Billy Wilder
- Top cast:
- Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.6/10 from 667 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.5/10