The Lost Weekend

About The Lost Weekend

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.

The Lost Weekend (1945) is a drama film directed by Billy Wilder. The film is filed under film noir, paranoia, alcoholism, and alcoholic.

Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam, Jane Wyman as Helen St. James, Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam, and Howard Da Silva as Nat the Bartender. It runs 101 minutes and was released in November 1945.

The screenplay is by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. The story is adapted from a novel.

The Shining, Scarface, and Satantango make useful companions to The Lost Weekend, all filed under writer. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 691 votes and it carries a NR rating.