The Lost Weekend
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, 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.
Drama
Paramount
Ray Milland as Don Birnam, Jane Wyman as Helen St. James, Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam, Howard Da Silva as Nat, Doris Dowling as Gloria, Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan, Mary Young as Mrs. Deveridge, Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Foley, Lillian Fontaine as Mrs. Charles St. James, Frank Orth as Opera Cloak Room Attendant, Lewis L. Russell as Charles St. James, Douglas Spencer as Hospital patient who sees imaginary "beetles", 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), Ernest Hilliard as Headwaiter (uncredited), Earle Hyman as Smoking Man (uncredited), Jerry James as Male 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), Audrey Long as Cloak Room Attendant (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), Peter Potter as Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited), Stanley Price as Fruit Clerk (uncredited), Craig Reynolds as George (uncredited), Lester Sharpe as Jewish Man (uncredited), Lee Shumway as Guard (uncredited), Al Stewart as Mattress Man (uncredited), Amzie Strickland as Woman in Bar (uncredited), Harry Tenbrook as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited), Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited), Emmett Vogan as Doctor (uncredited), Max Wagner as Mike (uncredited), Milton Wallace as Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited), Gisela Werbisek as Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited), Crane Whitley as Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited), Ernest Whitman as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited), Harry Wilson as Drunk (uncredited), Isabel Withers as Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited), Ted Hecht as Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited), Stan Johnson as Nurse (uncredited)