The Lost Weekend
1945 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 41,531 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder
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.
00:04:52 Nobody?
00:06:44 We've got to trust Don. That's the only way.
00:11:26 -Two bottles of rye. -I'm sorry, Mr. Birnam.
00:15:09 Yeah. I know. I know a lot of guys like that.
00:17:48 -You're not really going, Wick. -I certainly am.
00:23:43 Okay.
00:26:13 Hey, ain't it amazing, how many guys come down from Albany just to see Grant's Tomb?
00:28:45 -Give me a drink! -That's an awful high class young lady.
00:35:29 Alright, Helen.
00:38:22 Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about.
00:42:33 Certainly I went. One o'clock sharp. I saw them all right.
00:45:33 Oh. I'm so sorry, Wick.
00:47:54 My mother bought me a brand new typewriter, and...
00:50:53 Now if you know what's good for you, you'll turn around and walk out again and walk fast and don't turn back.
00:58:10 -You did? -For a very kind lady.
01:08:08 Yeah, one.
01:13:12 - Are you a doctor? -I'm a nurse.
01:15:37 Now be a good boy and drink this.
01:23:00 -Care if I take off my coat first? -No.
01:30:56 You couldn't have taken my bracelet or my pay check? It had to be that coat?
01:34:50 I told you, I don't feel like a drink. Not now.
01:37:26 -I hope I ain't intrudin. -What is it?
01:40:22 Subtitles by °Fredalme°
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,170
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:02:09
Final line01:40:22
Production Record
DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,250,000
Revenue$11,000,000
IMDb votes41,531