The Lost Weekend (1945)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
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. 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.
- Released: 1945-11-29
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 1h 41m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 687 votes
Directed by Billy Wilder.
Top cast
- Ray Milland as Don Birnam
- Jane Wyman as Helen St. James
- Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam
- Howard Da Silva as Nat the Bartender
- Doris Dowling as Gloria
- Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan
- Mary Young as Mrs. Deveridge
- Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Foley
- Lilian Fontaine as Mrs. Charles St. James
- Frank Orth as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Where to watch The Lost Weekend
- United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
- India: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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