The Lost Weekend (1945)

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Written by Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett

Directed by Billy Wilder

Running Time: 125 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1945

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Offered help by his friends to stay off the booze, writer Don spirals into depression and drunkenness, desperately trying to pawn his typewriter for liquor money. Bold for its time, this won four Oscars, including Best Picture.

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Cast

Ray MillandDon Birnam
Jane WymanHelen St. James
Phillip TerryWick Birnam
Howard Da SilvaNat Bartender
Doris DowlingGloria
Frank Faylen'Bim' Nolan Male Nurse
Mary YoungMrs. Deveridge Birnam's Landlady
Anita Sharp-BolsterMrs. Foley Cleaning Lady
Lillian FontaineMrs. Charles St. James
Frank OrthOpera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. RussellCharles St. James

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