The Lost Weekend
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Philip Terry, Doris Dowling, Mary Young, Frank Faylen.
Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (based on the novel by Charles Jackson).
Full review to follow soon. Grade: C+
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture
- *Best Director: Billy Wilder
- *Best Actor: Ray Milland
- *Best Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
- Best Cinematography (Black & White): John F. Seitz
- Best Film Editing: Doane Harrison
- Best Original Score (Comedy or Drama): Miklós Rósza
- Golden Globe Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture (Drama)
- *Best Director: Billy Wilder
- *Best Actor (Drama): Ray Milland
- Other Awards:
- Cannes Film Festival—Grand Prize of the Festival; Best Actor: Ray Milland
- New York Film Critics Circle—Best Picture; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Actor: Ray Milland
- National Board of Review—Best Actor: Ray Milland