Giorni perduti (1945) in streaming su altadefinizione Dopo il successo iniziale, uno scrittore ha incontrato difficoltà, è entrato in crisi esistenziale e si è dato all'alcol, invano dissuaso dal fratello e dalla fidanzata. Finisce in breve in una clinica psichiatrica dove, dopo un lungo calvario, tenta di togliersi la vita. Per sua fortuna però i suoi cari non l'hanno abbandonato e la fidanzata lo salva in extremis. Film durissimo e assai coraggioso per l'epoca, con atmosfere quasi da noir. Celebre la sena dell'incubo con i topi e il pipistrello. Oscar per il film, la regia, la sceneggiatura e il protagonista, Palma d'oro a Cannes per il film e per Milland. Pare che in origine il protagonista dovesse essere anche esplicitamente omosessuale, ma la censura dell'epoca non lo permise.
Cast
Ray MillandDon Birnam
Jane WymanHelen St. James
Phillip TerryWick Birnam
Howard Da SilvaNat the Bartender
Doris DowlingGloria
Frank Faylen'Bim' Nolan
Mary YoungMrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-BolsterMrs. Foley
Lilian FontaineMrs. Charles St. James
Frank OrthOpera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis L. RussellCharles St. James
Andy AndrewsAlcoholic (uncredited)
Walter BaldwinMan from Albany (uncredited)
Harry BarrisPianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks(uncredited)
Jack Rube CliffordGuard (uncredited)
David ClydeDave (uncredited)
James ConatyMan in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)
Willa Pearl CurtisMrs. Wertheim's Assistant (uncredited)
John DeauvilleCloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Helen DicksonMrs. Frink (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumConcert Attendee (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerShopkeeper (uncredited)
Jayne HazardM. (uncredited)
Ted HechtMan with Bandaged Ear (uncredited)
Ernest HilliardHeadwaiter (uncredited)
Earle HymanSmoking Man (uncredited)
Jerry JamesMale Nurse (uncredited)
Stan JohnsonNurse (uncredited)
Jack W. JohnstonNightclub Guest (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' KosiczkyBaby (uncredited)
Eddie LaughtonMr. Brophy (uncredited)
Perc LaundersDoorman (uncredited)
Bertram MarburghJewish Man (uncredited)
William MeaderHardware Man (uncredited)
James MillicanNurse (uncredited)
Frank MillsDrunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Pat MoriarityIrishman (uncredited)
William NewellLiquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
William O'LearyIrishman (uncredited)
Peter PotterShaky and Sweaty Man (uncredited)
Stanley PriceFruit Clerk (uncredited)
Craig ReynoldsGeorge (uncredited)
Lester SharpeJewish Man (uncredited)
Lee ShumwayGuard (uncredited)
Douglas SpencerHospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
Al StewartMattress Man (uncredited)
Amzie StricklandWoman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry TenbrookDrunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesWashroom Attendant at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)
Emmett VoganDoctor (uncredited)
Max WagnerMike (uncredited)
Milton WallacePawnbroker with Helen's Coat (uncredited)
Gisela WerbisekMrs. Wertheim (uncredited)
Crane WhitleyWaiter at Harry & Joe's Bar (uncredited)
Ernest WhitmanBlack Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)