Overview:
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.| Status: | Released (1945-11-29) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 16 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 7124: Ray Milland - Don Birnam
- 20391: Jane Wyman - Helen St. James
- 101490: Phillip Terry - Wick Birnam
- 79247: Howard Da Silva - Nat the Bartender
- 79248: Doris Dowling - Gloria
- 17759: Frank Faylen - 'Bim' Nolan
- 34469: Mary Young - Mrs. Deveridge
Crews
- 3146: Billy Wilder - Screenplay - Writing
- 8617: Charles Brackett - Screenplay - Writing
- 10521: Gordon Jennings - Visual Effects - Visual Effects
- 1027339: Farciot Edouart - Visual Effects - Visual Effects
- 14973: Bertram C. Granger - Set Decoration - Art
- 8617: Charles Brackett - Producer - Production
- 3159: Doane Harrison - Editorial Manager - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Delirium is a disease that only comes at night. Don Birnham is not a drinker, he is in fact a drunk, he is left alone for the weekend by those who love him under the proviso that he gets stuck into his writing, thus the hope is that he stays away from the booze that is killing his ....
Continue reading ->Nutshell
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One of Billy Wilder's best films, and certainly Ray Milland's best performance as he's cast against type playing a failed alcoholic author. Milland perfectly captures the despondent, manipulative and even criminal behavior of the lead character. More than 70 years after its release t ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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This Best Picture winner (also won for director, actor and screenplay) was decently acted, albeit a bit too theatrical (stage type) for my taste but still well made movie with what I assume is a realistic take on alcoholism (never drank myself) from director Billy Wilder. It is a bit ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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A truly evocative tour de force from Ray Milland in this semi-autobiographical tale of four days in the life of writer Charles R. Jackson - characterised here as "Don Birnam" - whose life as a writer is frequently wrecked by his chronic alcoholism. Just when he might be on the wagon, ....
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