Billy Wilder's searing portrait of an alcoholic features an Oscar-winning performance by Ray Milland as Don Birnam, a writer whose lust for booze consumes his career, his life, and his loves. In addition to the trophy for Milland, this classic, trailblazing film won Oscars for Best Picture, and for Wilder's direction and screenplay (shared with Charles Brackett)

• 1 hr 40 min
• Directed by

  Billy Wilder
• Written by Charles Brackett, Charles R. Jackson, Billy Wilder

• Starring

  Jane Wyman

  ,

  Howard Da Silva

  ,

  Ray Milland

  ,

  Phillip Terry

  ,

  Frank Faylen

  ,

  Charles Brackett

  ,

  Doris Dowling