It tells a story of an alcoholic, Milland, on the weekend bender.

A picture received Academy Awards for: Best Picture - Charles Brackett, producer Best Actor in a Leading Role - Ray Milland Best Director - Billy Wilder Best Writing of Adapted Screenplay - Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder

It too received Oscar nominations for: Best Cinematography, black-and-white - John F. Seitz Best Original Music Score - Miklós Rózsa Best Film Editing - Doane Harrison

A flick as well shared a 1946 ''Palme d'Or'' (Golden Palm) at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

Trivia
the film was according to a novel by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks out of a frustration over the accusation that he had an affair with one of his male buddies while in college.