The Lost Weekend

Billy Wilder
1945-11-29

The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
7.633
101 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ray Milland Don Birnam Unowned
Jane Wyman Helen St. James Unowned
Phillip Terry Wick Birnam Unowned
Howard Da Silva Nat the Bartender Unowned
Doris Dowling Gloria Unowned
Frank Faylen 'Bim' Nolan Unowned
Mary Young Mrs. Deveridge Unowned
Anita Sharp-Bolster Mrs. Foley Unowned
Lilian Fontaine Mrs. Charles St. James Unowned
Frank Orth Opera Cloak Room Attendant Unowned
Lewis L. Russell Charles St. James Unowned
Andy Andrews Alcoholic (uncredited) Unowned
Walter Baldwin Man from Albany (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Barris Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited) Unowned
Jess Lee Brooks (uncredited) Unowned
Jack Rube Clifford Guard (uncredited) Unowned
David Clyde Dave (uncredited) Unowned
James Conaty Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited) Unowned
Willa Pearl Curtis Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited) Unowned
John Deauville Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited) Unowned
Helen Dickson Mrs. Frink (uncredited) Unowned
Franklyn Farnum Concert Attendee (uncredited) Unowned
Byron Foulger Shopkeeper (uncredited) Unowned
Jayne Hazard M. (uncredited) Unowned
Ted Hecht Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited) Unowned
Ernest Hilliard Headwaiter (uncredited) Unowned
Earle Hyman Smoking Man (uncredited) Unowned
Jerry James Male Nurse (uncredited) Unowned
Stan Johnson Nurse (uncredited) Unowned
Jack W. Johnston Nightclub Guest (uncredited) Unowned
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky Baby (uncredited) Unowned
Eddie Laughton Mr. Brophy (uncredited) Unowned
Perc Launders Doorman (uncredited) Unowned
Bertram Marburgh Jewish Man (uncredited) Unowned
William Meader Hardware Man (uncredited) Unowned
James Millican Nurse (uncredited) Unowned
Frank Mills Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited) Unowned
Pat Moriarity Irishman (uncredited) Unowned
William Newell Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited) Unowned
William O'Leary Irishman (uncredited) Unowned
Peter Potter Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited) Unowned
Stanley Price Fruit Clerk (uncredited) Unowned
Craig Reynolds George (uncredited) Unowned
Lester Sharpe Jewish Man (uncredited) Unowned
Lee Shumway Guard (uncredited) Unowned
Douglas Spencer Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited) Unowned
Al Stewart Mattress Man (uncredited) Unowned
Amzie Strickland Woman in Bar (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Tenbrook Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited) Unowned
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited) Unowned
Emmett Vogan Doctor (uncredited) Unowned
Max Wagner Mike (uncredited) Unowned
Milton Wallace Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited) Unowned
Gisela Werbisek Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited) Unowned
Crane Whitley Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited) Unowned
Ernest Whitman Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Wilson Drunk (uncredited) Unowned
Isabel Withers Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited) Unowned
Audrey Young Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited) Unowned
Dick Gordon Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Unowned