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title: "The Lost Weekend: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 26
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# The Lost Weekend (1945): cast and crew

60 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

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

## Directing

- Charles C. Coleman: Assistant Director
- [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Director

## Writing

- Charles R. Jackson: Novel
- [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md): Screenplay
- [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md): Producer
- Richard Blaydon: Production Manager
- Frank Parmenter: Production Manager

## Camera

- [John F. Seitz](https://film.one/person/john-f-seitz.md): Director of Photography
- Fred True: Grip
- Harlow Stengel: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Doane Harrison](https://film.one/person/doane-harrison.md): Editorial Manager, Editor

## Sound and music

- [Miklós Rózsa](https://film.one/person/miklos-rozsa.md): Original Music Composer
- [Sidney Cutner](https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner.md): Orchestrator
- [Leo Shuken](https://film.one/person/leo-shuken.md): Orchestrator
- Stanley Cooley: Sound Recordist
- Joel Moss: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Hans Dreier: Art Direction
- A. Earl Hedrick: Art Direction
- Bertram C. Granger: Set Decoration
- Gene Lauritzen: Construction Coordinator
- Jack Colconda: Props

## Costume and make-up

- [Edith Head](https://film.one/person/edith-head.md): Costume Design
- Wally Westmore: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Gordon Jennings: Visual Effects
- Farciot Edouart: Visual Effects

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