Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
| Writing | Charles R. Jackson | Novel |
| Writing | Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Screenplay |
| Production | Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Editorial Manager |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | A. Earl Hedrick | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Bertram C. Granger | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Billy Wilder | Director |
| Production | Richard Blaydon | Production Manager |
| Production | Frank Parmenter | Production Manager |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Art | Jack Colconda | Props |
| Camera | Harlow Stengel | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fred True | Grip |
| Sound | Stanley Cooley | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Joel Moss | Sound Recordist |
