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The Lost Weekend

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

Director

Billy Wilder

Year

Genre

drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Won 4 Oscars. 16 wins & 3 nominations total

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Don Birnam

Helen St. James

Wick Birnam

Nat

Howard Da Silva

Gloria

'Bim' Nolan

Mrs. Deveridge

Mrs. Foley (as Anita Bolster)

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. St. James

Lilian Fontaine

Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Mr. St. James

Lewis L. Russell

Alcoholic

Male Nurse

Man from Albany

Pianist at Harry & Joe's

Undetermined Secondary Role

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward

Hospital Patient

Jess Lee Brooks

Guard

Jack Rube Clifford

Dave

Man in Nightclub Washroom

Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant

Willa Pearl Curtis

Cloakroom Attendant

Mrs. Frink

Cloakroom Attendant

Clark Eggleston

Concert Attendee / Barfly

Franklyn Farnum

Opera Singer

Hotel Desk Clerk

M.M. - Blonde with Purse

Man with Bandaged Ear

Headwaiter

Ernest Hilliard

Smoking Man

Male Nurse

Nurse

Nightclub Guest

Jack W. Johnston

Baby

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

Mr. Brophy

Doorman

Opera Singer

Jewish Man

Bertram Marburgh

Hardware Man

Nurse

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward

Irishman

Liquor Store Proprietor

Irishman

William O'Leary

Shaky and Sweaty Man

Undetermined Secondary Role

Fruit Clerk

George - M.M.'s Escort

Themselves

The San Francisco Opera Company

Jewish Man

Guard

Mrs. Deveridge's Dog

Beetle Man in Drunk Tank

Douglas Spencer

Mattress Man

Little Girl

Drunk in Alcoholic Ward

Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Doctor

Mike

Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat

Mrs. Wertheim

Gisela Werbisek

Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar

Black Man Talking to Himself

Woman with Baby Carriage Before Pawn Shop

Cloak Room Attendant

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Don Birnam Gloria Helen St. James Wick Birnem Nat Man From Albany Mr. St. James Mrs. Deveridge

I shall have to drown my sorrows with a jigger of rye - The Lost Weekend

I shall have to drown my sorrows with a jigger of rye

I can't let her see me - The Lost Weekend

I can't let her see me

Just give me another drink - The Lost Weekend

Just give me another drink

Is it getting lighter - The Lost Weekend

Is it getting lighter

Ain't it amazin' how many guys come down from Albany just to see Grant's tomb - The Lost Weekend

Ain't it amazin' how many guys come down from...

Give me a drink - The Lost Weekend

Give me a drink

That's a problem - The Lost Weekend

That's a problem

One's too many and a hundred's not enough - The Lost Weekend

One's too many and a hundred's not enough

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The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Billy Wilder

Writer: Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: drama, film-noir

Year: 1945

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Jan 1946

Awards: Won 4 Oscars. 16 wins & 3 nominations total

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