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18 March 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
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.Plot:
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
VASTLY UNDERRATED; QUAID IS EXCELLENT moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis Quaid | ... | Dexter Cornell | |
| Meg Ryan | ... | Sydney Fuller | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Mrs. Fitzwaring | |
| Daniel Stern | ... | Hal Petersham | |
| Jane Kaczmarek | ... | Gail Cornell | |
| Christopher Neame | ... | Bernard | |
| Robin Johnson | ... | Cookie Fitzwaring | |
| Robert Knepper | ... | Nicholas Lang (as Rob Knepper) | |
| Jay Patterson | ... | Graham Corey | |
| Brion James | ... | Detective Ulmer | |
| Jack Kehoe | ... | Detective Brockton | |
| Elizabeth Arlen | ... | Elaine Wells | |
| Karen Radcliffe | ... | Jane Corey | |
| William Forward | ... | Chief Resident | |
| Lee Gideon | ... | Mr. Fitzwaring |
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96 minCountry:
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EnglishAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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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). moreGoofs:
Continuity: Dexter suddenly gains glasses when he first asks Sydney to join him for a date. moreQuotes:
Bernard: I don't think I like what you're inferring, Mr. Cornell...Dexter Cornell: [condescendingly] Implying. When I say it, that's implying. How you take it, that's inferring.
Bernard: I see. Infer this.
[punches Dexter]
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LIFE IS HARD moreFAQ
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| A Remake will occur.......... | javanbutler |
| Remake of which movie? | lilafotioy |
| Death of Mrs. FitzWarring? | oneseat |
| spoof?? | film_buffy |
| Directors | redwings-4 |
| Song as Dex runs | Rhapthorne |
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D.O.A. (1988) *** Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern. Fast-paced and nifty remake of the 1949 classic about a man being poisoned with time his factor as he tries to solve his own murder. Quaid is top-notch as a college English professor trying to figure out just who his enemies are and Ryan is plucky student aiding him. Cool camera movements and some fine direction from the creators of tv's "Max Headroom", Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel.