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Released
1949 · FILM

D.O.A.

A poisoned accountant with only 24 hours to live races against time to uncover his killer and expose a web of corruption before death silences him forever.

A Picture As Excitingly Different As Its Title!

Directed by
Runtime
83 min
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Frank Bigelow is on the verge of death and aware of it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the toxin proves fatal. Resolute in uncovering the identity of his killer, Frank, with the assistance of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, starts retracing his recent actions. As he desperately attempts to solve the mystery of his impending death, his investigation leads him to a circle of corrupt businessmen and another murder.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur H NadelShot by Ernest LaszloScored by Dimitri Tiomkin

Also known as

  • Opfer der Unterweltde
  • Con las horas contadases
  • Mort à l'arrivéefr
  • Due ore ancorait

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