The Lost Weekend (1945) movie poster

The Lost Weekend (1945)

"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"
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👍 81%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 97%
Drama

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Runtime
1h 41m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.6/10 (657 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
97%

Cast

Ray Milland as Don Birnam · 79% avg
Jane Wyman as Helen St. James
Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva as Nat the Bartender · 76% avg
Doris Dowling as Gloria
Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young as Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Foley

Is The Lost Weekend good?

Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 97%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1198 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#5 / 5 · 1945
Rank among its director's films
#8 / 10 · Billy Wilder

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

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