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The Lost Weekend
Running Time: 100 min.
Produced By: / Paramount
Release By: Paramount

Summary:
Billy Wilder's searing portrait of an alcoholic features an Oscar-winning performance by Ray Milland as Don Birnam, a writer whose lust for booze consumes his career, his life, and his loves. The story begins as Don and his brother Wick (Philip Terry... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Ray Milland (Don Birnam)
Jane Wyman (Helen St. James)
Howard Da Silva (Nat the Bartender)
Phillip Terry (Nick Birnam)
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Review:
Charles Bukowski, the poet and novelist well known for his alcoholic excesses, once said admiringly of The Lost Weekend, "It was Ray Milland's only bit of acting, but it was aces." While Bukowski's praise of Milland's work may have been tongue-in-che ... Continue >>