

The Lost Weekend
"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"
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.
Cast (60)

Ray Milland
Don Birnam

Jane Wyman
Helen St. James

Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam

Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender

Doris Dowling
Gloria

Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan

Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley

Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James

Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James

Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany (uncredited)

Harry Barris
Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford
Guard (uncredited)

David Clyde
Dave (uncredited)

James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)

John Deauville
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)

Helen Dickson
Mrs. Frink (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard
M. (uncredited)

Ted Hecht
Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard
Headwaiter (uncredited)

Earle Hyman
Smoking Man (uncredited)

Jerry James
Male Nurse (uncredited)

Stan Johnson
Nurse (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Baby (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton
Mr. Brophy (uncredited)

Perc Launders
Doorman (uncredited)

Bertram Marburgh
Jewish Man (uncredited)

William Meader
Hardware Man (uncredited)

James Millican
Nurse (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity
Irishman (uncredited)

William Newell
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

William O'Leary
Irishman (uncredited)

Peter Potter
Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)

Stanley Price
Fruit Clerk (uncredited)

Craig Reynolds
George (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe
Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lee Shumway
Guard (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer
Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

Al Stewart
Mattress Man (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland
Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Doctor (uncredited)

Max Wagner
Mike (uncredited)

Milton Wallace
Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)

Gisela Werbisek
Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)

Crane Whitley
Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Drunk (uncredited)

Isabel Withers
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

Audrey Young
Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

Dick Gordon
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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