Requiem for a Dream
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The Lost Weekend
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About 1945 film by Billy Wilder
Genres drama, film noir, flashback
Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Starring Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Frank Faylen, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Phillip Terry, Byron Foulger, Ernest Whitman
Music Miklós Rózsa
Runtime 101 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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