Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 American romantic drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. The film was produced by Martin Manulis in co-operation with Lemmon's Jalem Productions (the first for his independent film production company), with music by Henry Mancini, and stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, with supporting roles by Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and their repeated attempts to deal with their problems.

Plot

San Francisco public relations executive Joe Clay meets secretary Kirsten Arnesen. At first, he mistakes her for a call girl, but then when he learns she is a client's secretary, he tries to apologize and court her but she brushes him off. Eventually she warms to him and they begin dating. Kirsten is a teetotaler until Joe introduces her to social drinking. She is initially reluctant, but after her first few Brandy Alexanders, she admits that having a drink makes her "feel good." Despite the misgivings of Kirsten's father, who runs a San Mateo plant nursery and landscaping business, they marry and have a daughter, Debbie.