Le Poison

Name: Le Poison
Director: Billy Wilder
Released: 1944
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Cast: Howard Da Silva, Frank Faylen, Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Phillip Terry

The Lost Week-end

by Billy Wilder1h361944États-Unis

Recommended byChristian Petzold

The film"s page

Don Birnam est un écrivain alcoolique, tout juste sorti de cure de désintoxication. Il tient à profiter du week-end pour emmener sa fiancée à l’opéra et renouer avec son frère, mais il peine à résister à l’appel de l’alcool. La liberté retrouvée devient alors un cauchemar.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Directed by : Billy Wilder
- Screenplay : Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Cinematography : John F. Seitz
- Décors : Bertram Granger
- Costumes : Edith Head
- Editor : Doane Harrison
- Original score : Miklós Rózsa
- Sound engineer : Stanley Cooley, Joel Moss
- Producer : Charles Brackett
- Producing company : Paramount Pictures
- Rights holder : Universal Pictures
- Auteur de l'oeuvre originale : Charles R. Jackson
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1944
- French release date : 16 août 1947
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Noir et Blanc
- Language : Anglais

Other films

By the same director
See complete list
- See the film page
  Fedora
  by Billy Wilder1977Allemagne1h53
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Boulevard du crépuscule
  by Billy Wilder1949États-Unis1h46
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Certains l'aiment chaud
  by Billy Wilder1959États-Unis1h56
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
From the same year
See complete list
- See the film page
  Falbalas
  by Jacques Becker1944France1h52
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Le Roman de Mildred Pierce
  by Michael Curtiz1944États-Unis1h46
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Le Port de l'angoisse
  by Howard Hawks1944États-Unis1h36
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
With the same cast
Howard Da Silva
- See the film page
  Les Amants de la nuit
  by Nicholas Ray1948États-Unis1h32
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
Frank Faylen
- See the film page
  La Vie est belle
  by Frank Capra1946États-Unis2h05
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Les Indomptables
  by Nicholas Ray1952États-Unis1h49
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Ciel rouge
  by Robert Wise1948États-Unis1h28
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
Jane Wyman
- See the film page
  Tout ce que le ciel permet
  by Douglas Sirk1955États-Unis1h25
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Le Secret magnifique
  by Douglas Sirk1953États-Unis1h44
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
Ray Milland
See complete list
- See the film page
  Le Bord de la rivière
  by Allan Dwan1957États-Unis1h27
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Le Crime était presque parfait
  by Alfred Hitchcock1953États-Unis1h41
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist
- See the film page
  Love Story
  by Arthur Hiller1970États-Unis1h36
  Give the film as a gift Add to playlist

This film is recommended by
- Christian Petzold
This film is part of the Cinematographic movement
"L’âge d’or des studios américains 1930-1960"
See the other films of the movement

Le Poison

The film"s page

Credits

Technical details

Other films

By the same director

Fedora

Boulevard du crépuscule

Certains l'aiment chaud

From the same year

Falbalas

Le Roman de Mildred Pierce

Le Port de l'angoisse

With the same cast

Howard Da Silva

Les Amants de la nuit

Frank Faylen

La Vie est belle

Les Indomptables

Ciel rouge

Jane Wyman

Tout ce que le ciel permet

Le Secret magnifique

Ray Milland

Le Bord de la rivière

Le Crime était presque parfait

Love Story

This film is recommended by

Christian Petzold

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"L’âge d’or des studios américains 1930-1960"