The Lost Weekend (1945)

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1h 41min | Drama | Nov 29, 1945 | Released

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.

Director: Billy Wilder

Producer: Charles Brackett

Writer(s): Billy Wilder Charles Brackett

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Cast & Crew

Cast (59 Members)

Don Birnam

Douglas Spencer

Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

'Bim' Nolan

Helen St. James

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Doctor (uncredited)

Mrs. Deveridge

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Howard Da Silva

Nat the Bartender

Gloria

Man from Albany (uncredited)

Lewis L. Russell

Charles St. James

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Mr. Brophy (uncredited)

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Foley (as Anita Bolster)

Nurse (uncredited)

Wick Birnam

Lillian Fontaine

Mrs. Charles St. James

Dave (uncredited)

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Irishman (uncredited)

Doorman (uncredited)

Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

Fruit Clerk (uncredited)

Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)

Gisela Werbisek

Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)

Mike (uncredited)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

Baby (uncredited)

George (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks

(uncredited)

Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Smoking Man (uncredited)

Alcoholic (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Guard (uncredited)

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Hardware Man (uncredited)

Willa Pearl Curtis

Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

M. (uncredited)

Mrs. Frink (uncredited)

Drunk (uncredited)

William O'Leary

Irishman (uncredited)

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)

Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

Male Nurse (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

Mattress Man (uncredited)

Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Guard (uncredited)

Nurse (uncredited)

Ray Milland Don Birnam

Douglas Spencer Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

Frank Faylen 'Bim' Nolan

Jane Wyman Helen St. James

Frank Orth Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Emmett Vogan Doctor (uncredited)

Mary Young Mrs. Deveridge

Frank Mills Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Howard Da Silva Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling Gloria

Walter Baldwin Man from Albany (uncredited)

Lewis L. Russell Charles St. James

Ernest Whitman Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

Byron Foulger Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton Mr. Brophy (uncredited)

Anita Sharp-Bolster Mrs. Foley (as Anita Bolster)

James Millican Nurse (uncredited)

Phillip Terry Wick Birnam

Lillian Fontaine Mrs. Charles St. James

David Clyde Dave (uncredited)

William Newell Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity Irishman (uncredited)

Perc Launders Doorman (uncredited)

Audrey Long Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

Stanley Price Fruit Clerk (uncredited)

Crane Whitley Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)

Gisela Werbisek Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)

Max Wagner Mike (uncredited)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky Baby (uncredited)

Craig Reynolds George (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks (uncredited)

Ted Hecht Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Earle Hyman Smoking Man (uncredited)

Andy Andrews Alcoholic (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard Headwaiter (uncredited)

Lee Shumway Guard (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe Jewish Man (uncredited)

William Meader Hardware Man (uncredited)

Willa Pearl Curtis Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard M. (uncredited)

Helen Dickson Mrs. Frink (uncredited)

Harry Wilson Drunk (uncredited)

William O'Leary Irishman (uncredited)

Harry Barris Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Peter Potter Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)

Isabel Withers Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

James Conaty Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

Jerry James Male Nurse (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh Jewish Man (uncredited)

John Deauville Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

Al Stewart Mattress Man (uncredited)

Milton Wallace Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford Guard (uncredited)

Stan Johnson Nurse (uncredited)

Crew (24 Members)

Director

Editorial Manager

Costume Design

Original Music Composer

Makeup Artist

Charles Brackett

Producer

Director of Photography

Art Direction

Gordon Jennings

Visual Effects

Bertram C. Granger

Set Decoration

Orchestrator

Orchestrator

Charles R. Jackson

Novel

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Farciot Edouart

Visual Effects

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Richard Blaydon

Production Manager

Frank Parmenter

Production Manager

Construction Coordinator

Props

Grip

Assistant Camera

Billy Wilder Director

Doane Harrison Editorial Manager

Edith Head Costume Design

Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer

Wally Westmore Makeup Artist

Charles Brackett Producer

John F. Seitz Director of Photography

Hans Dreier Art Direction

Gordon Jennings Visual Effects

Bertram C. Granger Set Decoration

Sidney Cutner Orchestrator

Leo Shuken Orchestrator

Charles R. Jackson Novel

A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction

Farciot Edouart Visual Effects

Stanley Cooley Sound Recordist

Joel Moss Sound Recordist

Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director

Richard Blaydon Production Manager

Frank Parmenter Production Manager

Gene Lauritzen Construction Coordinator

Jack Colconda Props

Fred True Grip

Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera

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