D.O.A.
Frank Bigelow, an accountant, discovers he is dying after being poisoned and has only 24 hours to live. Determined to uncover his killer, he enlists his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, to retrace his final steps. As he frantically works to unravel the mystery surrounding his impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and to another murder.
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Rudolph Maté
Arnold Laven
Marty Moss
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Edmond O'Brien is one of my favourite actors of the period, and if you need any startling evidence of why, just check out his performance here in Rudolph Mate's heartily original noir-shocker, 'D.O.A.'. Another great reason to check the film out, the Polish-born director, made a smooth transition from being a great cinematographer, and this is probably his most shining triumph helming a picture. If you have ever wondered why 'film noir' has been considered such a consistently rewarding and enthralling body of cinematic work, like the earlier 'Pre-Code' era, check this one out, and others of its ilk. A sheerly delightful film that holds up well today. Though I haven't checked its 80's remake out, I'm not too curious about it, other than the slight curiosity from its notoriety of it being the film in which Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan met and eventually decided to marry. Other than that, I'm more than content simply watching this.
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"I was to report a murder"... "Whose?"..."Mine!"... Edmond O'Brien is cracking in this dark and atmospherically paced thriller about a man who discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned by luminous toxin and may only have a few hours/days/weeks left to live. He can't understand who would want to do this and sets out to find the culprits. Much of the story is recounted via his "deathbed" explanation to an unbelieving police squad room and it is superbly directed (by Rudolph Maté) with loads of twist and turns in the plot; a tension-building score and more than one potential candidate for villain. Pamela Britton "Paula" is also great as his albatross-like girlfriend who would long since have driven me to bathe in a tub of uranium and the rest of the cast, especially a truly sinister Neville Brand as "Chester" keep us interested right til the death...
D.O.A. FAQs
The directors of D.O.A. are Rudolph Maté, Arnold Laven, and Marty Moss.
The cast of D.O.A. includes Harold Miller as Man in Hallway (uncredited), Frank Jaquet as Dr. Matson, William Ching as Halliday, Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Schaefer, George Lynn as Homicide Detective (uncredited), Roy Engel as Police Captain (uncredited), Michael Ross as Dave, Bill Baldwin as St. Francis Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited), Neville Brand as Chester, Hugh O'Brian as Jazz Fan (uncredited), Frank Gerstle as Dr. MacDonald, Pamela Britton as Paula Gibson, and more.
The duration of D.O.A. is 1h 23 mins.
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D.O.A. was released on 23 Dec 1949.
D.O.A. is listed under Mystery, Thriller, and Crime on Fanbiz.
D.O.A. has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Edmond O'Brien is one of my favourite actors of the period, and if you need any startling evidence of why, just check out his performance here in Rudolph Mate's heartily origina..."
