1945 Best Picture

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The Lost Weekend

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

1945

101 min

Rated NR

7.9IMDB

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672votes

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Status

Released

November 29, 1945

Original Language

English(en)

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.

Genres

Drama

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Ray MillandJane WymanPhillip TerryHoward Da SilvaDoris DowlingFrank FaylenMary YoungAnita Sharp-Bolster

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Keywords

based on novel or bookalcoholbrotherparanoiabartenderaddictionalcoholismflashbackfilm noirsuicidalblack and whitewriteralcoholicbatslow self esteem+5 more