D.O.A.

Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) is an accountant and notary public in Banning, California. He is poisoned by a "luminous toxin" for which there is no antidote. With a few days to live, he sets out to untangle the events behind his impending death. The film includes one of the earliest depictions of the Beat subculture.

Credits

Cast
Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland
Complete catalog record
D.O.A. Harry M. Popkin Production. Released through United Artists, 1950. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Cardinal Pictures, Inc.; 21Apr50 in notice: 1949); LP63.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q585983 ↗ — country