SYNOPSIS

The unsuccessful writer Don Birnham is an alcoholic. Only his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen managed to keep him sober for 10 days and plan a little vacation on the countryside for the weekend. But Don manages to send them both away the evening before. Alone at home, without any money, he’s desperate for something to drink.


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RELEASE DATE

December 16, 1947

DIRECTOR

Billy Wilder

WRITER

Charles R. Jackson (novel) Charles Brackett (screenplay)

COMPANY

Paramount Pictures

GENRE

Drama, Romance

CERT

PG

RUNTIME

101 minutes

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