The Lost Weekend
1945 · 1h 41m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG (IE)
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
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.
Directed by
Billy WilderBased on the novel by
Charles R. Jackson7.4Smart score
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