

D.O.A.
Someone poisoned Dexter Cornell. He's got to find out who. He's got to find out why. He's got to find out now. In 24 hours, he'll be Dead On Arrival.
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $12.7M
- Language
- English
- race against time
- toxication
- literature professor
- culprit
- relationship
- divorce
- glue
- woman director
- stealing manuscript
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR18 Mar 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical153 Mar 1989
BrazilBR
- Theatrical15 Jul 1988
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical15 Sept 1988
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical25 Nov 1988
FinlandFI
- Theatrical6 Jan 1989
FranceFR
- Theatrical9 Nov 1988
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany12 Apr 1989
GreeceGR
- Theatrical18 Jan 1989
IrelandIE
- Theatrical2 Jun 1989
ItalyIT
- Theatrical16 Sept 1988
JapanJP
- Theatrical18 Mar 1989
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D.O.A. was released on 18 March 1988.
Audience reviews
1- J6.5/10
John Chard
9/26/2014
Who was murdered? He was! D.O.A. is directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton and adapted to screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue from a story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene. It stars Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Daniel Stern, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Kaczmarek and Christopher Neame. Music is by Chaz Jankel and cinematography by Yuri Neyman. A loose remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name, the story find…
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