Joe Clay is a top-notch public relations man. Anything a client wants Joe can arrange for them, whether it be dancing girls or an article in a prominent magazine. Part of the job however is drinking and Joe's ability to consume alcohol seems boundless. When he meets the very pretty Kirsten Arnasen, she prefers chocolate to alcohol but Joe has a solution to that in the form of a Brandy Alexander (made up of brandy and creme de cocoa). They eventually marry but their love is insufficient to prevent them from the downward spiral that alcohol brings to them. They try desperately to break the habit but continually relapse until only one of them manages to break free.
October 18, 1934 in USA
30 May 1908, San Francisco, California, USA
14 October 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
March 29, 1907 in San Diego, California, USA
1 January 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (1889, often given in error)
November 22, 1912 in Gustine, Texas, USA
27 April 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 November 1924, New York City, New York, USA
3 January 1908, Concho, Arizona, USA
October 12, 1893 in Cochise, Arizona, USA
15 July 1910, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
26 December 1927, Stockton, California, USA
26 February 1905, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
April 28, 1928 in Snyder, Texas, USA
April 23, 1916 in Seattle, Washington, USA
12 June 1928, Oakland, California, USA
2 July 1899, Bethany City, Missouri, USA
8 February 1925, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
18 August 1916, Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA
14 November 1904, Douglas, Arizona, USA
October 1, 1915 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA
4 October 1895, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 March 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 January 1915, Manhattan, New York, USA
31 August 1920, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
30 December 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 February 1915, Maywood, Illinois, USA
October 07, 2005
Hollywood doesn't make 'em like this anymore.
March 22, 2008
Grim, strong drama about alcoholism with Lemmon and Remick's stellar work.
April 30, 2007
Except for the (fake) ending, this is one of Hollywood's best films about the devastating effects of alcoholism, going beyond Wilder's Lost Weekend, and proficiently helmed by Blake Edwards just before the Pink Panther films changed completely his career
