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, brother, paranoia, bartender, addiction, alcoholism, flashback, film noir, suicidal, 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 | 7.63 / 10 by 570 users |
Popularity | 16 |
Budget | 1,250,000 |
Revenue | 11,000,000 |
Language | English |