The Lost Weekend (1945) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Billy Wilder.

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
• Lewis L. Russell as Charles St. James
• Andy Andrews as Alcoholic (uncredited)
• Walter Baldwin as Man from Albany (uncredited)
• Harry Barris as Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
• Jess Lee Brooks as (uncredited)
• Jack Rube Clifford as Guard (uncredited)
• David Clyde as Dave (uncredited)
• James Conaty as Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
• Willa Pearl Curtis as Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
• John Deauville as Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
• Helen Dickson as Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
• Franklyn Farnum as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
• Byron Foulger as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
• Jayne Hazard as M. (uncredited)
• Ted Hecht as Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
• Ernest Hilliard as Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Earle Hyman as Smoking Man (uncredited)
• Jerry James as Male Nurse (uncredited)
• Stan Johnson as Nurse (uncredited)
• Jack W. Johnston as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
• Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky as Baby (uncredited)
• Eddie Laughton as Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
• Perc Launders as Doorman (uncredited)
• Bertram Marburgh as Jewish Man (uncredited)
• William Meader as Hardware Man (uncredited)
• James Millican as Nurse (uncredited)
• Frank Mills as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
• Pat Moriarity as Irishman (uncredited)
• William Newell as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
• William O'Leary as Irishman (uncredited)

Crew

• Charles R. Jackson — Novel
• Charles Brackett — Screenplay
• Billy Wilder — Screenplay
• Charles Brackett — Producer
• Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
• John F. Seitz — Director of Photography
• Billy Wilder — Director

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