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.
Title | The Lost Weekend |
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Year | 1945 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Paramount Pictures |
Cast | Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen |
Crew | Charles R. Jackson (Novel), Charles Brackett (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Charles Brackett (Producer), Miklós Rózsa (Original Music Composer), John F. Seitz (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | based on novel or book, alcohol, brother, paranoia, bartender, addiction, alcoholism, flashback, film noir, suicidal, booze, black and white, writer, alcoholic, bats, low self esteem, dishonesty, hopelessness, delirium tremens, lies, devoted girlfriend |
Release | Nov 29, 1945 |
Runtime | 101 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.60 / 10 by 574 users |
Popularity | 31 |
Budget | 1,250,000 |
Revenue | 11,000,000 |
Language | English |