D.O.A. (1950) - Film Noir Classic

[Featureman]

Great old movie. I did see it when it first came out. I like the 1949 Buick and the 1948 Studebaker, both convertibles.

[timber149]

great movie!

[wdobni]

this is a dandy movie....it has a modern timeless feel to it....the sets are dated of course but the pace is rapid .....sometimes almost too complicated for me

[Msmargret1]

This is going to become one of my favorite movies. I am still discovering UTube and to be able to see these things, for real, is really cool. Thanks for this.

[brendaKaystacy]

Love all these old classic black an white movies

[regierdi]

these are terrific old movies!! thank you. do you have lightning strikes twice? DAY

[TheManzfield7]

The Saxophone player was James Van Streeter, who sadly died of a heroin addiction in 1960. His scene was dubbed in, but was an excellent jazz sax man in the 40's & 50's. Great Scene.

[TheManzfield7]

Frank Cady is the Bartender in Palm Springs, Jerry Paris is the bellboy in S.Fran.,who later did

the Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960's. Neville Brand is the hoodlum who beats Bigelow with the

gun, Pamela Britton ( who was very cute, nice figure too) was Mrs.Brown on My Favorite Martian with the late Bill Bixby and Ray Walston in the 1960's. Beverly Garland is the

secretary with dark hair,(another pretty girl) she did My Three Son's in the 1960's.Great Film.

[nauort23]

Sam Drucker (bartender in Palm Springs) and Jerry Helper (bellboy in S.F.) in early roles. Wow. What an eye. Sometimes I amaze myself.

[heckler171]

funn y thing is american society was never like this they just glamourized it for show.

[Sokra01]

They made a remake out of it, some 20 years ago i think.

[rb288015]

THX FOR UPLOADING!!!!

[SlapstickCoyote]

is the music used in this movie in the public domain as well, because i am looking for some of that noir style music to use in one of my videos? if anyone can help me find some noir style music because i really need it thanks.

[alliawe]

UM well im just getting piontof boredem so i decided to watch a couple black and white movies hope its awesomely good!!!!!!!!!

[hammertapping]

btw try to ignore/look past the whistle gag in early scenes;a real blot on otherwise great noir classic

[hammertapping]

thanks ! very good noir movie

[llHyRaXll]

gosh cant stand these boring old movies

[ClassyLuke]

As a saxaphone player, I must say the guy playing at 00:18:00 is not even close to really playing :(

[frontispeace]

@ClassyLuke yeah, i'm not a saxaphone player and I could tell he wasnt close to playin.

[onyxdragonlair]

Thanks for sharing this somewhat forgotten classic. It really is fantastic, and while the 'whistling' scene is severely over the top, it is still a very great film. One of my favorites as well. It became more dear to my heart when I learned the running scenes were 'stolen' shots, meaning they were improvised and the people and cars in the scene were just people going about their business.

[BradleyKeiferRoss]

I am the most successful film noir producer and welcome this

[renee1092]

I laughed, I cried...

Just pure story, and I loved it.

Thanks so much for posting :)

[carolinavsman]

thanks so much for posting this :)

[shanghaibenny2]

Running just makes the poison act faster, Bigelow.

[Kurvegurl]

A lil education on poison.

[lastredrose]

Thank you so much for loading the film noir classic. I'm a bit tired of many film of our time, only for making money, too fastfood tasted film.

[LindyLoon]

Great!

[JC6432]

You wouldn't happen to have "They Live by Night" or any Orson Welles you'd like to share as well? :)

[rinkuhero]

@JC6432 those are not public domain as far as i know; i would get my account deleted for posting movies that aren't public domain

[JC6432]

AWESOME Film Noir! my Film Appreciation professor talks very highly of this film, and of the genre itself. Thank you for sharing! :)

[Cleon29Warrior]

Better make it: Dead On Arrival.

[justlokng]

yeh, great noir drama !! thanks for sharing !!!

[noirnationvega]

Noir Nation is looking for scenes crafted as well as this one.

[AfroVince007]

Someone at my local television station played this one night. As a big film buff.. man, I was so impressed. Imagine the director trying to make a Tarantino movie in the 50's and you have this movie. Than you so much for putting this up on youtube, I really apppreciate it!

[2009framat]

The film has legendary SHIFTEE HENRY (mentioned in the lyrics of JAIL HOUSE ROCK ....Shiftee Henri on the big bass boom) at 17.54 in it

[2009framat]

@2009framat

17:54

[Mrtriumphchopper]

Does anyone else get the impression that Frank's "secretary" had him murdered? Please watch the movie again and see if you don't agree!

[Spiptaylor1]

I didn't know the '88 version was a remake until I found it here. Thanks for posting the whole movie. I thoroughly enjoyed the suspense and pacing.

[et7waage1]

Great piece of film noir history! Thanks for posting!

[55melmo]

excellent film. thanks for uploading it :)

[thetruekipster]

True art. Film noir is brilliant, beautiful, and stunning.

[WorklLife]

Thank you for uploading this. I might not have seen this movie otherwise. Cheers!

[45Machine]

Fantastic Movie it just proves that the good movies have already been made. They are just waiting for us to discover them. I wounder how many really good Movies have been lost?

Thanks For Uploading this one Youtube is a great format.

[Coolyfett]

I wonder if LA Noire the game by Rockstar is just as good as this flick.....hope so

[Coolyfett]

The Video game LA Noir is the reason I did a search on the Noir Film and found this movie. It was a pretty good mystery tale. Sucks the dude had to die at the end. Good movie though. Thanks for posting it.

[merseymained]

@rinkuhero- wow! feller,how the hell did you manage to upload over EIGHTY MINUTES???Anyway,my mum is gonna watch this today n wants t know if D.O.A is DeadOrAlive/DeadOnArrival?? Thanks.

[guppypartz]

"He's an unfortunate boy; he's psychopathic.' Love this movie, great pace and has some real snappy dialogue. And Edmund O'brien ... could anyone have done a better job? Interesting how the tension in his relationship with his gf eases just as the tension in everything else builds. Perfection.

[tsntana]

Never saw this movie from start to finish (caught the intro, caught the ending, and random parts). I remember the promos on Nick At Nite. I also remember the Stick Figure Theatre sequence on MTV's Liquid Television. A sequence I closely associate with this movie.

This is the first time I've seen this movie. This is also the first movie I've watched on YouTube from start to finish.

[JonnyShotz]

Thanks for the upload!

[CaptainNemoful]

A*****Trillion*****Stars*****

[liambauckham]

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[tweekedoutrabbit]

That guy playing Chester really did look crazy!! Excellent performance!

[pacoki08]

this is probably the best movie i've seen in a while, im definitely gonna watch a couple more Film Noir movies tonight

[elektramunhoz]

Paula is so "right" and yet so "wrong", but that's noir, isn't it?

[Shimonetadaisuki]

I didnt know they could make such good movies back then. This movie rocks.

[batcycle8]

I really enjoyed this fast-paced, action filled, thriller. Frank would have made a very effective detective.

[NOELLE01j]

IM REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS WITH NO BREAKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

I LOVE WHEN ED SAYS "I WAS", IN RESPONSE TO WHO WAS MURDERED?

ACTING AT ITS FINEST... AND ENDURING.

[keagleman21]

Classic Film. Edmund O'Brian was a much underrated actor. So real and natural.

[123sherylin]

d@mn! that was a good movie!!!!!!!

[TKGB2006]

I just wanted to know what Film Noir was and came across this. I figure that since it's thanksgiving and I made a unofficial personal tradition to watch old classic films on this day that I should check it out.

Man, I'm glad I did. This film was fantastic. It was very exciting and heart moving with the romantic scenes. I loved it.

[rinkuhero]

@TKGB2006 happy you liked it; i also didn't know what film noir was until i watched this one (was public domain on archive.org), and liked it too, so i figured i'd upload it to youtube to make it more convenient to others to see it

[2877378]

Great movie ! Thank you !

[loribembeneck]

Somehow "Radcliffe"came up. That was supposed to be to "easguitar". Now I see how. My auto- correct corrected it incorrectly! LOL!! Sorry!

[loribembeneck]

Radcliffe, I'm doing the same thing. Aren't they great movies? TV was so much better back then!

[easguitar]

Recently, I have made a listing of about 50 film noir movies gleaned from Wickipedia and am undertaking to watch as many as have been uploaded to YouTube. It's great fun. Thanks for posting in full length!

[thumpasaurusrex]

this movie kicks ass.

[icesyncer]

nice

[billthestinker]

because Frank was not happy with Paula and strays he ends up DOA

[donnykaraoke]

at 6:52 she implies there is air conditioning in the bar, it's 2010 now and i'm still waiting for them to put air con on the london tubes! what a joke

[xXxpOiZuNcUpCaKexXx]

Amazing film! Absolutely loved it!

[dogiehogan]

Outstanding Film-Noir!

[coolanddark]

What a classic!! No movies out now even come close to this Film noir gem!!

[sunshineuk1965]

wow a full movie. cool love the classics!!

[DreamsCumTrue469]

Bigalow's reckless mad dash down market street had to have made enos slaughter proud after his similar dash from first to home on a single in the late innings of game 7 of the 1946 world series. i remember first seeing in on the late show while in high school. During lunch chat, I mentioned this exciting movie I watched last night, and my friend said, " yeah, me too...did you see when he took off down that street? man, that was electric!"

[InTheKnow88]

That movie was soooooo sad =(

[909kong]

Ever notice how the movies that feature a guy walking through a hallway or towards the camera with ominous music in the background are usually good???

[spirmessi]

if you like to see the history of movies watch * BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy



[agher]

movie on dvd can be downloaded for free in w w w.openculture.c o m/freemoviesonline

[Chud37]

how did you manage to upload a video over 10 minutes long? even if it is public domain, i dont understand how youtube let you do that! but well done, i shall watch this soon :)

[rinkuhero]

@Chud37 i've an old directors account, and can upload videos of any length (as long as they're under 10gb in file size). certain youtube accounts have this ability, usually very old ones (my account is from 2006).

[909kong]

@rinkuhero Hey, so's mine...that means I can do it too, maybe...of course I don't possess anything in the "Public Ptomaine" that I need to upload....

[stevechasmar]

The makers of the 60s TV show Get Smart must have been thinking of this intro when they made the opening credits for the TV show -- the two are so similar.

[stavrosdeadhead]

......and the jazz band ,exciting be-bop or west coast jive

[Nolus20]

lol what's with the sound effects

[Salesman]

what a great movie. Really loved the character of Paula. Such a sweet and beautiful lady. Loved all her dialogue with Frank. I think the sad music was what made those scenes though.

Where those whistles at the beginning when a girl passed by for real in the movie or was that edited in?

[rinkuhero]

@Salesman those were really in the original -- remember how old this movie is

[Salesman]

@rinkuhero understandable, but who would've thought they would put in sounds like that? Kind of weird, but funny if you ask me.

[vikingscool]

closed-captioning from CaptionMax here, go to:

watch?v=fl1BQDWm7nY

This captioned for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; also audio is described for the blind.

[SIRTONY]

Great ...so much to enjoy...:)

[Ozaz9]

It is really one of the best film noirs, the ideea is outstanding, they act perfect... well is a movie with everything it needs

[johnnynoirman]

The scene where finds out he has been poisoned and begins running and running finally to the Fisherman bar...and talks to Paula...always breaks my heart...

[deSadetheImpaler]

thnx for the upload

[voxxpopulisuxx]

How do you take this seriously with the dog whistle sound everytime a hottie appears?

[Priestica606]

@voxxpopulisuxx I agree. I'm usually pretty tolerant of corny gags that older films fall into, but i have trouble ignoring that one. It's a shame because the rest of the movie's good

[elektramunhoz]

@voxxpopulisuxx Well, he's acting like a dog whenever he sees a female, isn't it? :)

[spankfoam]

@voxxpopulisuxx  i thought the clangers were starring!

[umdala]

@voxxpopulisuxx Cuz' it's a movie and not reality. Kinda like how a large percentage of folks don't take retirement planning seriously yet they all seem to be getting older!

[emmthreejonny]

Saw this one a year ago on Public domain. Fine film...noir.

[MatuArt]

I saw this movie with my Mom on TV, it was one of her favorite movies, she had many,ajaja.

[TheCanine2]

Thanks so much for posting DOA, rinkuhero. I got to spend a Saturday night watching a great old movie! There's another old noir flick with Neville Brand that I want to see- Kansas City Confidential! Should be cool. too.

[thumpasaurusrex]

@TheCanine2 Thats a good one too. Lee van cleif is awsome in that.

[jacsmacattac]

this is my favorite movie ever.

O'Brien and Britton are fantastic.

And I love the little disclaimer at the end: "luminous toxin is a descriptive term for an actual poison". When I die, I want to die from drinking a glowing poison-laced drink. Awesome.

[dingleberrycherry]

that was fucking awesome!

[funbrowsing]

Thanks for posting. I remember seeing this movie onbase in Germany when I was a little kid and always wanted to revisit it. I love all the hipsters with their lingo like, "It's silk." and the dude that's way into it, "Go Fisherman!" Just out of curiosity I wonder if "coolness" originated in the 20's with the jazz bands and flapper babes or earlier with ragtime. Hey, maybe even earlier than that. Could bearded, overalled banjo strummers in the 1870s have been their rock stars?

[fillmystocking]

is this where the makers of 'duece biggalow' got the name? x

[kless001]

Thank you, thank you!

[a66448579]

What an excellent film! Never watched a 'film noir' before, but I really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading in such an easy to watch format :)

[5thdeadlyvenom]

enjoyed this alot!!

have any more??

[PlanetBongoSan]

i like this film but i dont think it stands up as a film noir masterpiece. the none-too-subtle cheeky rom-com opening lets it down pretty seriously in my opinion. still, once it gets going the story really takes hold and its a good watch all the same. cheers for posting.

[TheCanine2]

I agree, the beginning of the film is a bit disappointing, but you know what I've noticed? Alot of film noir does that...starts slow, then gradually slides into the "hardboiled" groove, especially the later, lower budget flicks.

I've read and heard commentary from the actors and directors in some of these films, and most said they were unaware of the term "film noir" when they made the movies. Wasn't known in the US. So they really weren't following a formula, I guess.

[blondiebabs]

greta viddy  x

[AJNorth]

This compact little thriller is graduate-level course in Film Noir, as well as a showcase for many fine actors of the era (and employing Hitchcock's McGuffin). With another terrific score by the great Dimitri Tiomkin, this is a real treat!

Thanks for posting (and please pass the popcorn).

[cholocharile]

Whoever chose the jazz band at the fisherman has good taste...really good taste. Thanks so much for the upload.

[Mannu08]

had to watch this movie in my philosophy 211 class seems like there are so many underlying themes that make this film an instant classic

[heisfiercetoo]

Rink, u r a hero for putting this superb film up for all to see....and in a format where we can watch it without interruptions. Why doesn't everybody do that?

[Fruth37]

The police captain was played Roy Engel, who had bit parts on the Andy Griffith Show. He played Judd and other local rubes on the show. He was U.S. Grant on The Wild, Wild West.

[Fruth37]

I found this on VHS in a 99 cents bin years ago and have enjoyed it many times. Thanks for sharing this cult classic for other to enjoy!

[cofcfemmes]

Oh, this is one of my favorites too. I don't know how old I was when I first saw this, but it made an indellible impression on me. I am always recolecting the theme or lines from it.

Who was murdered? .... I was.

[TheRussells]

It is a great movie, and O'Brien is one of the great unsung actors of the fifties. I highly recommend Ida Lupino's film The Bigamist, in which O'Brien stars as the title character. Lupino herself made one of the great film noir movies-- The Hitch-Hiker. It's lean, mean, and frightening.