The lost weekend [videorecording] a Paramount Picture ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder.
Based on the novel by Charles Jackson. Full frame format (aspect ratio 1.33:1) Not rated by MPAA. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Special features include: Theatrical trailer ; production notes on the making of the film ; cast & filmmakers biographies ; film highlights. Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis L. Russell.
Summary:
A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devestating effects of alcoholism.
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