Top billed cast

1. 

   Ray Milland

   Don Birnam

2. 

   Jane Wyman

   Helen St. James

3. 

   Phillip Terry

   Wick Birnam

4. 

   Howard Da Silva

   Nat the Bartender

5. 

   Doris Dowling

   Gloria

6. 

   Frank Faylen

   'Bim' Nolan

7. 

   Mary Young

   Mrs. Deveridge

8. 

   Anita Sharp-Bolster

   Mrs. Foley

9. 

   Lilian Fontaine

   Mrs. Charles St. James

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Reviews

A review by Nutshell

Written by Nutshell on 2019-08-03

One of Billy Wilder's best films, and certainly Ray Milland's best performance as he's cast against type playing a failed alcoholic author. Milland perfectly captures the despondent, manipulative and even criminal behavior of the lead character. More than 70 years after its release this film still packs a huge punch.

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2. Nightmare Alley71%
3. Insomnia69%
4. Back to Black66%
5. The Night of the Hunter79%
6. Unbroken: Path to Redemption66%
7. The Way Back66%
8. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere66%
9. The Cider House Rules70%
10. Trumbo71%
11. Awakenings77%
12. The Best of Enemies73%
13. If I Stay73%
14. Starving in Suburbia65%
15. Dad63%
16. Homestead65%
17. The Spanish Prisoner67%
18. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold70%
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20. Fahrenheit 45171%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,250,000.00

Revenue
$11,000,000.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• alcohol
• brother
• paranoia
• bartender
• addiction
• alcoholism
• flashback
• film noir
• suicidal
• black and white
• writer
• alcoholic
• bats
• low self esteem
• dishonesty
• hopelessness
• delirium tremens
• lies
• devoted girlfriend