D.O.A.

Overview

"Edmond O'Brien stars in the 1950 film noir classic D.O.A. This Alpha Video DVD presents the film with a full-frame transfer in the original black-and-white. The Dolby Digital Mono soundtrack is in English. In keeping with the other titles from Alpha Video, there are no subtitles, special features, or regional encoding on this disc. It's worth noting that D.O.A. has been released in several other DVD editions as well."

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2003
UPC:	0089218611499
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	Alpha Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:23:00
Sales rank:	56,550

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edmond O'Brien	Frank Bigelow,Actor
Pamela Britton	Paula Gibson
Luther Adler	Majak
Beverly Garland	Miss Foster
Lynne Baggett	Mrs. Philips
William Ching	Holliday
Henry Hart	Stanley Philips
Neville Brand	Chester
Laurette Luez	Marla Rakubian
Jess Kirkpatrick	Sam
Cay Forester	Sue
Virginia Lee	Jeanie
Michael Ross	Dave
Lawrence Dobkin	Dr. Schaefer
Frank Gerstle	Dr. MacDonald
Carol Hughes	Kitty,Kitty
Fred Jaquet	Dr. Matson
Donna Sanborn	Nurse
Beverly Campbell	Miss Foster
Virginia Lindley	Jeanie
Diana Barrymore	Actor
Jerry Paris	Bell Hop
Dimitri Tiomkin	Composer

Technical Credits

Russell Rouse

Clarence Greene

Rudolph Mate	Director
Russell Rouse	Screenwriter
Harry M. Popkin	Executive Producer,Producer
Clarence Greene	Screenwriter
Mac Dalgleish	Sound/Sound Designer
Ben Winkler	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

One of the most definitive films noirs, the suspenseful D.O.A. also features one of the greatest conceits in film history: a man trying to solve his own murder. Not many movies can boast the line, "You've been murdered." The existential anxieties lurking in other film noirs are at the forefront of D.O.A.: the "walking dead man" metaphor is no longer merely a metaphor. The underrated Edmond O'Brien was at his finest as the accountant fighting a fatal, slow-acting poison. The film was the first directorial effort from famed cinematographer Rudolph Maté (The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr), and would be his most enduring film. Though the production values were in keeping with B-movies of the time, the stylish black-and-white cinematography of Ernest Laszlo was creative even by expressionistic standards. D.O.A. has been remade twice, first as the average Color Me Dead and then as 1988's vapid D.O.A. (1988).