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Someone poisoned named Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid as an unsettling college professor) and 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. He along with a friend student (Meg Ryan) frantically seek who is responsible and why he was targeted for death. His search for the suspect is further complicated by the fact that he is being sought by the police on phony charges of killing.
Mediocre remake of the 1949 Noir film that contains thrills, suspense, a complex intrigue and plot twists. The starring, Dennis Quaid, relates his own lethal murder become himself in detective and spend his ending moments trying to uncover his hit men. As his time runs out,he has only hours to identify, he desperately seeks to discover who is responsible his death. The search for the suspect is further complicated by the facts of numerous turns, deceits and a twisted intrigue.
Passable acting by Dennis Quaid as a teacher becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him and supported by Meg Ryan as a likable but reluctant student, both of whom married after shooting, though nowadays are separated themselves. Supporting cast in frankly enjoyable, such as Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame, Robert Knepper, Jay Patterson and the deceased Brion James. Colorful cinematography throughout the story, the color in the film begins to drain to monochrome, thus representing the central character's deteriorating health as the poison steadily takes it's toll until it is in black and white as in the opening - presumably showing the flashback catching up to the current time-line of the story. Screeching and inappropriate musical score composed by means of synthesizer.The motion picture was middlingly directed by Rocky Morton ans Annabel Jenkel, the same people who brought ¨Max Headrom¨to TV series. This story results to be a remake from ¨DOA¨ (1969) a dark B-thriller directed by Rudolph Mate with Edmond O'Brien, Luther Adler and Pamela Britton. It was also followed by a inferior remake as ¨Color me dead¨(1969) by Eddie Davis with Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones and Rick Jason.
Contents • • • • • Plot [ ] A man staggers into the police station to report a murder. When the desk sergeant asks who was murdered, he answers: 'I was.' That man is Professor Dexter Cornell (), who then sits down to video-tape his account. Thirty-six hours previously, Cornell is on campus. He is a college professor, was once a promising writer, made his name and is secure in his tenure, but he has spent the last four years going through the motions and playing it safe.
'Publish or perish' is the contrasting rule of university politics and Cornell helps his friend Hal Petersham () with his first book. While Cornell is in his office, a promising student, Nick Lang (), jumps off a building right outside his office window in an apparent suicide.
This, coupled with the depressing Christmas season, unseasonably hot weather, and a pending divorce with his estranged wife Gail () whom he suspects was having an affair with Lang, leads Cornell to seek out the local bars for a night of heavy drinking. There he meets admiring student Sydney Fuller () and they proceed to get drunk. The next morning, Cornell, feeling his sickness is more than just a hangover, stops by the campus medical clinic for a checkup.
After running some tests, they discover that he has been poisoned and has 36 hours to live. An incredulous Cornell staggers out to try to make sense of it all. Aided by Fuller, whom he kidnaps by super-gluing himself to her arm, he attempts to recreate the events of the previous night hoping to discover who could have murdered him.
The list of suspects includes his wife, who is also the victim of a murder, which the police make half-hearted efforts to pin on Cornell. It is learned that Lang was not a suicide but was also murdered. Cornell also suspects Lang's mentor Mrs. Fitzwaring (), Bernard () the Fitzwarings' chauffeur and Graham Corey (Jay Patterson), a jealous co-worker. In the end, at the police station, Cornell has solved the crime. His friend Hal had read and was so impressed by Nick Lang's manuscript that he decided to kill Nick and steal the novel for himself.
However, this involved killing anyone who knew that Nick was the original author, including Dexter. After a scuffle, Dexter shoots Hal who then falls out his office window. Dexter resigns himself to his fate. Cast [ ] • as Professor Dexter Cornell • as Sydney Fuller • as Hal Petersham • as Mrs. Fitzwaring • as Gail Cornell • as Bernard • as Cookie Fitzwaring • as Nicholas Lang • as Detective Brockton • as Graham Corey Reception and Box Office [ ] D.O.A. Opened to mixed reviews and currently has a rating of 61% on.
Film critic liked the film, calling it a 'witty and literate thriller'. The End Of Economic Man The Origins Of Totalitarianism Pdf Writer. However, Caryn James of was not as impressed, and called it 'one of the season's biggest disappointments'.
Despite several lukewarm reviews, D.O.A. Had a strong opening weekend, debuting at No.
3 at the US box office. By the end of its run, the film earned a total of $12.7 million in domestic sales. References [ ]. Free Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time Romhack.