The lost weekend [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder.
Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis L. Russell. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Based on the novel by Charles Jackson. Special features include: Theatrical trailer ; production notes on the making of the film ; cast & filmmakers biographies ; film highlights.
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 devastating effects of alcoholism.
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