D.O.A. 1950 123movies

Watch: D.O.A. 1949 123movies, Full Movie Online – Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he’s been given a “luminous toxin” with no antidote and has, at most, a week to live! Not knowing who did it or why, Bigelow embarks on a frantic odyssey to find his own murderer..
Plot: Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 12,084
	88% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 133 Popularity: 6.351 | TMDB

Reviews:

“I was to report a murder”… “Whose?”…”Mine!”… Edmond O’Brien is cracking in this dark and atmospherically paced thriller about a man who discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned by luminous toxin and may only have a few hours/days/weeks left to live. He can’t understand who would want to do this and sets out to find the culprits. Much of the story is recounted via his “deathbed” explanation to an unbelieving police squad room and it is superbly directed (by Rudolph Maté) with loads of twist and turns in the plot; a tension-building score and more than one potential candidate for villain. Pamela Britton “Paula” is also great as his albatross-like girlfriend who would long since have driven me to bathe in a tub of uranium and the rest of the cast, especially a truly sinister Neville Brand as “Chester” keep us interested right til the death…

Edmond O’Brien is one of my favourite actors of the period, and if you need any startling evidence of why, just check out his performance here in Rudolph Mate’s heartily original noir-shocker, ‘D.O.A.’. Another great reason to check the film out, the Polish-born director, made a smooth transition from being a great cinematographer, and this is probably his most shining triumph helming a picture.

If you have ever wondered why ‘film noir’ has been considered such a consistently rewarding and enthralling body of cinematic work, like the earlier ‘Pre-Code’ era, check this one out, and others of its ilk. A sheerly delightful film that holds up well today.

Though I haven’t checked its 80’s remake out, I’m not too curious about it, other than the slight curiosity from its notoriety of it being the film in which Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan met and eventually decided to marry. Other than that, I’m more than content simply watching this.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 17 min (77 min) (West Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director Rudolph Maté
Writer Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
Actors Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler
Country United States
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,292 m (9 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm