The movie "The Lost Weekend" 1945

Don Birnam, a writer and long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days, but the craving comes back. He dodges a weekend in the country planned by his brother and girlfriend and starts a four-day binge that may be his last. Ray Milland and Jane Wyman star in Billy Wilder's drama, based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, which won Best Picture in 1946. More »