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The Lost Weekend(1945)
Status: Released
Date: 1945-11-29
76%
643 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,250,000.00
Revenue: $11,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Lost Weekend
Top 10 Billed 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
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Video Trailer The Lost Weekend
Video: The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER
The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER
Mark Pellington on THE LOST WEEKEND
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The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER - Trailer
Mark Pellington on THE LOST WEEKEND - Featurette
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