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The Lost Weekend

"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"

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.

Release Date 1945-11-29
Rating 7.652 / 10 (517 votes)
Runtime 101 minutes
Budget $1,250,000
Revenue $11,000,000

Genres: Drama

Directors: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Charles R. Jackson

IMDB: tt0037884


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