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.
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Ray Milland | Don Birnam |
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Jane Wyman | Helen St. James |
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Phillip Terry | Wick Birnam |
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Howard Da Silva | Nat |
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Doris Dowling | Gloria |
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Frank Faylen | 'Bim' Nolan |
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Mary Young | Mrs. Deveridge |
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Anita Sharp-Bolster | Mrs. Foley |
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Lilian Fontaine | Mrs. St. James |
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Frank Orth | Opera Cloak Room Attendant |
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Lewis L. Russell | Mr. St. James |
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Andy Andrews | Alcoholic |
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Gene Ashley | Male Nurse |
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Walter Baldwin | Man from Albany |
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Harry Barris | Pianist at Harry & Joe's |
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Ian Begg | Undetermined Secondary Role |
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Eddie Borden | Drunk in Alcoholic Ward |
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Jess Lee Brooks | Hospital Patient |
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Jack Rube Clifford | Guard |
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David Clyde | Dave |
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James Conaty | Man in Nightclub Washroom |
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Willa Pearl Curtis | Mrs. Wertheim's Assistant |
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John Deauville | Cloakroom Attendant |
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Helen Dickson | Mrs. Frink |
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Clark Eggleston | Cloakroom Attendant |
Director | Billy Wilder |
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Writer | Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder | |
Producer | Charles Brackett | |
Musician | Miklós Rózsa | |
Photography | John F. Seitz |