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| Directed by | Rudolph Maté |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Leo C. Popkin |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | Arthur H. Nadel |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Harry Popkin Productions Cardinal Pictures |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
D.O.A. is a 1950 American film noir directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. It is considered a classic of the genre. A fatally poisoned man tries to find out who has poisoned him and why. It was the film debuts of Beverly Garland (as Beverly Campbell) and Laurette Luez. In 2004, D.O.A. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[1][2]
Leo C. Popkin produced D.O.A. for his short-lived Cardinal Pictures. Due to a filing error, the copyright to the film was not renewed on time,[3] causing it to fall into the public domain: it was subsequently remade as Color Me Dead (1969), D.O.A. (1988), Dead On Arrival (2017), and D.O.A. (2022).
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ Hayes, David P. (2008). "The Copyright Office Records an Invalid Renewal — Then Corrects Its Error". The Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site. Retrieved 2015-06-14.