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Release Date:
29 June 1949 (USA) more
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A young writer goes to Monte Carlo to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself... more | add synopsis
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The "Lost Weekend", spent gambling! more (17 total)

Cast

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Gregory Peck ... Fedja

Ava Gardner ... Pauline Ostrovsky

Melvyn Douglas ... Armand de Glasse

Walter Huston ... Gen. Ostrovsky
Ethel Barrymore ... Grandmother Ostrovsky
Frank Morgan ... Aristide Pitard

Agnes Moorehead ... Emma Getzel
Ludwig Donath ... Doctor
Curt Bois ... Jeweler
Ludwig Stössel ... Hotel manager
Friedrich von Ledebur ... Secretary
Ernö Verebes ... Valet
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George Edwards ... Minor Role
Antonio Filauri ... Senor Pinto
Martin Garralaga ... Maharajah
Manfred Inger ... Conductor (as Fred Lorenz)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Gamblers (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
110 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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The "Lost Weekend", spent gambling!, 20 September 1999
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Author: Louis Rugani (x779@webtv.net) from United States

This is a sumptuously-staged costume drama, the kind Hollywood always did so well. Only there's a dark side to "The Great Sinner", as the richness of the production begins to coexist with sordid tales of gambling addiction and related human tragedy that soon unfold. No one is immune here; even stolid Gregory Peck falls to the lure of the cards, and hard. Ethel Barrymore is subtly wonderful, as ever, and steals every scene. This becomes a powerful, suspenseful film with a fine cast and a relentless tale to tell. Not to be missed!

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