The Lost Weekend

1945 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 41,531 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,170 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:09 You better take this along, Don. It's going to be cold on the farm.
00:04:50 Who are you going with? -Nobody.
00:06:37 Then you'll be here when we come back?
00:10:32 -Where in the kitchen? -In the sugar bowl.
00:14:48 Then, while he's greeting the caretaker, I'll slide it out
00:17:17 I'm W. Shakespeare.
00:20:23 Let go of him, Helen. Give yourself a chance.
00:25:42 I hid one of them. I've still got it.
00:28:12 Second floor, front. Oh, Mr. Birnam, all I got is a semi-formal.
00:34:41 That's my coat you've got.
00:37:09 Oh. Thank you very much, Miss St. James, but I have to see a friend uptown.
00:40:12 Maybe he has a little money. Some people do, you know, Father.
00:44:25 Oh. Why, he didn't tell me a word about it.
00:46:49 Is it really that bad, Wick?
00:49:32 Such humorous words.
00:52:17 Yes, Mr. Birnam.
00:59:27 Somebody came and...
01:10:16 Could you let me have some money?
01:14:01 -Downstairs. -How do I get out of this place?
01:16:19 It's like the doctor was just telling me
01:26:50 Yes, Mrs. Deveridge?
01:31:45 -It's your coat? - He had my permission. How much did you give him?
01:35:27 What kind of talk is that?
01:37:53 -Say about what? -This.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,170
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:02:09
Final line01:37:53

Production Record

DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,250,000
Revenue$11,000,000
IMDb votes41,531