The Lost Weekend
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Synopsis
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
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
Average shot length
12s per shot
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