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The Lost Weekend is an American romantic film drama first released in 1945,
directed by Billy Wilder.
The film stars Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva and Doris Dowling.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Script: Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
- Photo: John F. Seitz
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Cast: Ray Milland (Don Birnam), Jane Wyman (Helen St. James), Phillip Terry (Wick Birnam), Howard Da Silva (Nat), Doris Dowling (Gloria), Frank Faylen (’Bim’ Nolan), Mary Young (Mrs. Deveridge), Anita Sharp-Bolster (Mrs. Foley), Lillian Fontaine (Mrs. Charles St. James), Frank Orth (Opera Cloak Room Attendant), Lewis L. Russell (Charles St. James), Gene Ashley (Male nurse), Walter Baldwin (Man from Albany), Harry Barris (Piano Player at Harry Joe’s), Ian Begg (Bit part), Jess Lee Brooks (Bit Part), David Clyde (Dave), James Conaty (Man in Nightclub Washroom), Willa Pearl Curtis (Mrs. Wertheim’s assistant), Helen Dickson (Mrs. Frink), Franklyn Farnum (Concert Attendee), Byron Foulger (Shopkeeper), John Garris (Opera singer), Jayne Hazard (M.M.), Ted Hecht (Man with bandaged ear), Ernest Hilliard (Headwaiter), Earle Hyman (Smoking Man), Jerry James (Male nurse), Karl ’Karchy’ Kosiczky (Baby), Eddie Laughton (Mr. Brophy), Perc Launders (Doorman), Audrey Long (Cloak room attendant), Theodora Lynch (Opera singer), William Meader (Hardware man), James Millican (Nurse), Frank Mills (Drunk in Alcoholic Ward), Pat Moriarity (Irishman), William Newell (Liquor store proprietor), William O’Leary (Irishman), Peter Potter (Shaky and Sweaty), Mark Power (Bit part), Stanley Price (Fruit clerk), Craig Reynolds (George), Lester Sharpe (Jewish man), Lee Shumway (Guard), Sophie (Mrs. Deveridge’s dog), Douglas Spencer (Beetle), Al Stewart (Mattress man), Bunny Sunshine (Little girl), Harry Tenbrook (Drunk in Alcoholic Ward), Fred ’Snowflake’ Toones (Washroom Attendant at Harry Joe’s Bar), Emmett Vogan (Doctor), Max Wagner (Mike), Milton Wallace (Pawnbroker with Helen’s Coat), Bertram Warburgh (Jewish man), Gisela Werbisek (Mrs. Wertheim), Crane Whitley (Waiter at Harry Joe’s Bar), Ernest Whitman (Black man talking to self), Harry Wilson (Drunk Tank Voices), Isabel Withers (Woman in Front of Pawn Shop)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 101 min; B&W
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