The Lost Weekend
(1945)

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

Released: 1945-11-29

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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.

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Ray Milland

as Don Birnam

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Jane Wyman

as Helen St. James

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Phillip Terry

as Wick Birnam

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Howard Da Silva

as Nat the Bartender

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Frank Faylen

as 'Bim' Nolan

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Mary Young

as Mrs. Deveridge

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Lilian Fontaine

as Mrs. Charles St. James

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Frank Orth

as Opera Cloak Room Attendant

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Lewis L. Russell

as Charles St. James

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Andy Andrews

as Alcoholic (uncredited)

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Walter Baldwin

as Man from Albany (uncredited)

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Harry Barris

as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

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Jess Lee Brooks

as (uncredited)

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Jack Rube Clifford

as Guard (uncredited)

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David Clyde

as Dave (uncredited)

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James Conaty

as Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

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Willa Pearl Curtis

as Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

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John Deauville

as Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart

Visual Effects

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Gordon Jennings

Visual Effects

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John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

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Hans Dreier

Art Direction

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Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

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Edith Head

Costume Design

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Doane Harrison

Editorial Manager

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A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

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Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

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Frank Parmenter

Production Manager

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Richard Blaydon

Production Manager

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Gene Lauritzen

Construction Coordinator

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Sidney Cutner

Orchestrator

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