D.O.A. (1950 film)

D.O.A. is a 1950 film about Frank Bigelow, a businessman who has been poisoned for no apparent reason. With only a short time to live, he sets out to unravel the mystery.

Frank Bigelow

• [After being told his grim prognosis] Do you realize what you're saying? You're telling me that I'm dead!

• I can breathe and I can move, but I'm not alive because I took that poison, and nothing can save me.

Dialogue

[Opening dialogue]

Homicide Detective: Can I help you?

Frank Bigelow: I'd like to see the man in charge.

Detective: In here...

Bigelow: I want to report a murder.

Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?

Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.

Captain: Who was murdered?

Bigelow: I was.

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[After Bigelow dies]

Deputy: How shall I make out the report on him, Captain?

Captain: Better make it dead on arrival.

Cast

• Edmond O'Brien - Frank Bigelow
• Pamela Britton - Paula Gibson
• Luther Adler - Majak
• Lynn Baggett - Mrs Philips
• William Ching - Halliday
• Henry Hart - Stanley Philips
• Beverly Garland - Miss Foster
• Neville Brand - Chester
• Laurette Luez - Marla Rakubian