The Lost Weekend (1945)
| Release Date | 16 November 1945 |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| Tagline | How daring can the screen dare to be? No adult man or woman can risk missing the startling frankness of The Lost Weekend! |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Bellevue Hospital - 550 First Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Addiction Drama, Social Problem Film |
| Mood | Abandon All Hope |
| Themes | Alcoholism, Rise and Fall Stories, Work Ethics, Redemption |
| Tones | Bleak, Grim, Matter-of-Fact, Downbeat, Harsh, Forceful, Cathartic |
| Tags | Alcoholism, Creative Block, Escape, Hallucination, Hospital, Robbery, Tavern, Writing |
The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Lillian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Gene Ashley
Male nurse
Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany
Harry Barris
Piano Player at Harry & Joe's
Ian Begg
Bit part
Jess Lee Brooks
Bit Part
David Clyde
Dave
James Conaty
Man in Nightclub Washroom
Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Wertheim's assistant
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Frink
John Garris
Opera singer
Jayne Hazard
M.M.
Ted Hecht
Man with bandaged ear
Ernest Hilliard
Headwaiter
Jerry James
Male nurse
Eddie Laughton
Mr. Brophy
Perc Launders
Doorman
Theodora Lynch
Opera singer
William Meader
Hardware man
James Millican
Nurse
Frank Mills
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward
Pat Moriarity
Irishman
William Newell
Liquor store proprietor
William O'Leary
Irishman
Peter Potter
Shaky and Sweaty
Mark Power
Bit part
Lester Sharpe
Jewish man
Lee Shumway
Guard
Sophie
Mrs. Deveridge's dog
Douglas Spencer
Beetle
Al Stewart
Mattress man
Bunny Sunshine
Little girl
Harry Tenbrook
Drunk in Alcoholic Ward
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's Bar
Milton Wallace
Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat
Bertram Warburgh
Jewish man
Gisela Werbisek
Mrs. Wertheim
Crane Whitley
Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar
Ernest Whitman
Black man talking to self
Harry Wilson
Drunk Tank Voices
Isabel Withers
Woman in Front of Pawn Shop
Director
Writer
Charles R. Jackson
Charles Brackett
Producer
Charles Brackett
producer
Original Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematographer
Art Director
A. Earl Hedrick
Set Decorator
Bertram C. Granger
Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore
makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
assistant director
Art Department
Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator
Sound Department
Stanley Cooley
sound recordist
Joel Moss
sound recordist
Special Effects
Gordon Jennings
special photographic effects
Loyal Griggs
special effects assistant
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
process photography
Editorial Department
Doane Harrison
editorial supervisor
Music Department
Sidney Cutner
orchestrator
Samuel Hoffman
musician: theremin
George Parrish
orchestrator
Leo Shuken
orchestrator
Eugene Zador
orchestrator
Other Crew
Dr. George Thompson
medical advisor
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
MCA/Universal Pictures
MCA/Universal Home Video
Universal Home Entertainment
ClassicLine
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