Le Poison (1945)

The Lost Weekend

Réalisateur : Billy Wilder

Scénaristes : Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Charles R. Jackson

Genre : Drame

100 minutes

Status : Released

Budget : 1 250 000 $

Langue : English

Pays : United States of America

Société de production : Paramount Pictures

Synopsis

Don Birnam est un alcoolique de longue date. Voilà dix jours qu'il n'a pas touché à une goutte d'alcool, et il semble sur la bonne voie. S'arrangeant pour ne pas aller passer un week-end à la campagne avec son frère et sa petite amie, il se retrouve seul pour quatre jours de cuite sévère. Il repense à son passé, souvent gâché par la bouteille. Cette fois, sa descente aux enfers sera sa dernière, d'une façon ou d'une autre.

• Ray Milland - Don Birnam
• Jane Wyman - Helen St. James
• Phillip Terry - Wick Birnam
• Howard Da Silva - Nat the Bartender
• Doris Dowling - Gloria
• Frank Faylen - 'Bim' Nolan
• Mary Young - Mrs. Deveridge
• Anita Sharp-Bolster - Mrs. Foley
• Lilian Fontaine - Mrs. Charles St. James
• Frank Orth - Opera Cloak Room Attendant
• Lewis L. Russell - Charles St. James
• Andy Andrews - Alcoholic (uncredited)
• Walter Baldwin - Man from Albany (uncredited)
• Harry Barris - Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
• Jess Lee Brooks - (uncredited)
• Jack Rube Clifford - Guard (uncredited)
• David Clyde - Dave (uncredited)
• James Conaty - Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
• Willa Pearl Curtis - Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
• John Deauville - Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
• Helen Dickson - Mrs. Frink (uncredited)
• Franklyn Farnum - Concert Attendee (uncredited)
• Byron Foulger - Shopkeeper (uncredited)
• Jayne Hazard - M. (uncredited)
• Ted Hecht - Man with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
• Ernest Hilliard - Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Earle Hyman - Smoking Man (uncredited)
• Jerry James - Male Nurse (uncredited)
• Stan Johnson - Nurse (uncredited)
• Jack W. Johnston - Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
• Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky - Baby (uncredited)
• Eddie Laughton - Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
• Perc Launders - Doorman (uncredited)
• Audrey Long - Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
• Bertram Marburgh - Jewish Man (uncredited)
• William Meader - Hardware Man (uncredited)
• James Millican - Nurse (uncredited)
• Frank Mills - Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
• Pat Moriarity - Irishman (uncredited)
• William Newell - Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
• William O'Leary - Irishman (uncredited)
• Peter Potter - Shaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
• Stanley Price - Fruit Clerk (uncredited)
• Craig Reynolds - George (uncredited)
• Lester Sharpe - Jewish Man (uncredited)
• Lee Shumway - Guard (uncredited)
• Douglas Spencer - Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
• Al Stewart - Mattress Man (uncredited)
• Amzie Strickland - Woman in Bar (uncredited)
• Harry Tenbrook - Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
• Fred 'Snowflake' Toones - Washroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
• Emmett Vogan - Doctor (uncredited)
• Max Wagner - Mike (uncredited)
• Milton Wallace - Pawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
• Gisela Werbisek - Mrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
• Crane Whitley - Waiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
• Ernest Whitman - Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
• Harry Wilson - Drunk (uncredited)
• Isabel Withers - Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
• Audrey Young - Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
• Dick Gordon - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)