The Lost Weekend
English • 1945 • 1h 41m
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Director
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Crew
DirectorBilly Wilder
WriterCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder
CinematographerJohn F. Seitz
ComposerMiklós Rózsa
EditorDoane Harrison
ProducerCharles Brackett