Description

D.O.A., a film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically paced plot revolves around a doomed man’s quest to find out who has poisoned him, and why. This film marks the debuts of Beverly Garland (as Beverly Campbell) and Laurette Luez. The film stars Edmond O’Brien and Pamela Britton.

Leo C. Popkin produced D.O.A. for his short-lived Cardinal Pictures but failed to renew the copyright in 1977, so that it has fallen into the public domain. The Internet Movie Database shows that 22 companies offer the VHS or DVD versions, and the Internet Archive (see below) offers an online version.

Cast

• Edmond O’Brien as Frank Bigelow
• Pamela Britton as Paula Gibson
• Luther Adler as Majak
• Lynn Baggett as Mrs. Phillips
• William Ching as Halliday
• Henry Hart (actor) as Stanley Phillips
• Beverly Garland as Miss Foster
• Neville Brand as Chester
• Laurette Luez as Marla Rakubian
• Virginia Lee as Jeannie

Rest of cast:

• Jess Kirkpatrick as Sam
• Cay Forester as Sue
• Frank Jaquet as Dr. Matson
• Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Schaefer
• Frank Gerstle as Dr. MacDonald
• Carol Hughes (actress) as Kitty