The Lost Weekend (1945)

Directed by Billy Wilder

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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.

Genre: Drama

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: John F. Seitz · Composer: Miklós Rózsa · Editor: Doane Harrison

Production: Paramount Pictures

Budget: $1.3M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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