---
title: 'The Lost Weekend (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lost-weekend-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037884/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lost Weekend (1945)

1945 · 101 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on Charles R. Jackson's 1944 novel about an alcoholic writer. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also shared the Grand Prix at the first Cannes Film Festival, making it one of only four films—the other three being Marty (1955), Parasite (2019) and Anora (2024)—to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the highest award at Cannes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Producer:** [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)
- **Editor:** [Doane Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/doane-harrison)

## Cast

- [Lewis Lord Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-lord-russell)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Doris Dowling](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-dowling)
- [Ernest Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-whitman)
- [Anita Sharp-Bolster](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-sharp-bolster)
- [Howard da Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-da-silva)
- [Jane Wyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-wyman)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)
- [Mary Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-young)
- [Lilian Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-fontaine)
- [Frank Orth](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-orth)
- [Frank Faylen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-faylen)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Phillip Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillip-terry)

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