Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Tagline
The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!
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.
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Director
Billy Wilder
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Status
Released
Budget
$1,250,000.00
Revenue
$11,000,000.00
Original Language
English
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Cast
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartend...
Doris Dowling
Gloria
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bols...
Mrs. Foley
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St...
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Roo...
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. Jam...
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncr...
Walter Baldwin
Man from Albany...
Harry Barris
Pianist at Harr...
Jess Lee Brooks
(uncredited)
Jack Rube Cliffo...
Guard (uncredit...
David Clyde
Dave (uncredite...
James Conaty
Man in Nightclu...
Willa Pearl Curt...
Mrs. Wertheim's...
John Deauville
Cloakroom Atten...
Helen Dickson
Mrs. Frink (unc...
Franklyn Farnum
Concert Attende...
Byron Foulger
Shopkeeper (unc...
Jayne Hazard
M. (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Man with Bandag...
Ernest Hilliard
Headwaiter (unc...
Earle Hyman
Smoking Man (un...
Jerry James
Male Nurse (unc...
Stan Johnson
Nurse (uncredit...
Jack W. Johnston
Nightclub Guest...
Karl 'Karchy' Ko...
Baby (uncredite...
Eddie Laughton
Mr. Brophy (unc...
Perc Launders
Doorman (uncred...
Bertram Marburgh
Jewish Man (unc...
William Meader
Hardware Man (u...
James Millican
Nurse (uncredit...
Frank Mills
Drunk in Alcoho...
Pat Moriarity
Irishman (uncre...
William Newell
Liquor Store Pr...
William O'Leary
Irishman (uncre...
Peter Potter
Shaky and Sweat...
Stanley Price
Fruit Clerk (un...
Craig Reynolds
George (uncredi...
Lester Sharpe
Jewish Man (unc...
Lee Shumway
Guard (uncredit...
Douglas Spencer
Hospital Patien...
Al Stewart
Mattress Man (u...
Amzie Strickland
Woman in Bar (u...
Harry Tenbrook
Drunk in Alcoho...
Fred 'Snowflake'...
Washroom Attend...
Emmett Vogan
Doctor (uncredi...
Max Wagner
Mike (uncredite...
Milton Wallace
Pawnbroker with...
Gisela Werbisek
Mrs. Wertheim (...
Crane Whitley
Waiter at Harry...
Ernest Whitman
Black Man Talki...
Harry Wilson
Drunk (uncredit...
Isabel Withers
Woman Before Pa...
Audrey Young
Cloak Room Atte...
Dick Gordon
Hotel Desk Cler...
Featured Reviews
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 ...Show More
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 ...Show More
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 reali ...Show More
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 ...Show More
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