The Lost Weekend
“The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!”
7.6(645 votes)
November 29, 1945
1h 41m
Overview
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.
Director
Billy WilderWriters
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Charles R. Jackson
Budget
$1,250,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
