Movie
Days of Wine and Roses
Overview
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Details
- Release date
- 1963-02-04
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jalem Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Joe Clay
- Lee Remick as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
- Charles Bickford as Ellis Arnesen
- Jack Klugman as Jim Hungerford
- Alan Hewitt as Rad Leland
- Tom Palmer as Ballefoy
- Debbie Megowan as Debbie Clay
- Maxine Stuart as Dottie
- Jack Albertson as Trayner
- Leon Alton as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Don Anderson as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lynn Borden as Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
- Blake Edwards - Director
- J.P. Miller - Writer
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