The Lost Weekend is a 1945 film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.
It tells the story of an alcoholic, Milland, on a weekend bender.
The film received four Oscars:
- Academy Award for Best Picture - Charles Brackett, producer
- Academy Award for Best Actor - Ray Milland
- Academy Award for Directing - Billy Wilder
- Academy Award for writing, screenplay - Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white - John F. Seitz
- Best Film Editing - Doane Harrison
- Best Music Score - Miklós Rózsa