D.O.A.

Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, et al.

D.O.A. stars Edmond O'Brien as small-town accountant Frank Bigelow who, while in San Francisco for some fun prior to settling down with his fiancee, wakes up after a night on the town with more than a hangover. Doctors tell him he's been given a "luminous toxin" for which there is no antidote and he has a week to live, at most. Frank desperately retraces his steps over the past 24 hours, embarking on a frantic odyssey to find his own murderer. The 1988 remake was also entitled, D.O.A., with Dennis Quaid in the starring role. Widely considered a classic of its genre, D.O.A. is film noir drama at its best.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 089218611499
• Release Date: October 2014
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Gotham (DBA Alpha)
• Director: Rudolph Mate
• Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Campbell, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Henry Hart, Neville Brand
• Runtime: 1 hour, 23 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

As Socrates once said, "I drank what?"

Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien, you may remember him as Winston Smith in `1984', 1956) realizes after he has a one-night fling that he does not feel so good. He feels bad enough to see a doctor. Yep, he is D.O.A. (Dead on Arrival) as he has been poisoned, and only has a little time left to live. Obsessed with finding out who did it and why, Frank has to reconstruct his wild night. Will he find out in time? If so, what then? We recognize many filming locations around California. Westin St. Francis Hotel - 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, California, USA This is where Bigelow is staying while in San Francisco. Powell & California Streets, San Francisco, California, USA This is where Bigelow gets off the cable car at this intersection.