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D.O.A.

Year:

1988

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Annabel Jankel

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-03-18

Filming Locations: Austin, Texas, USA

Earnings

Gross: $12,706,478 (USA) Admissions 25,920 (France)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jane Kaczmarek

Dennis Quaid

Dexter Cornell

Meg Ryan

Sydney Fuller

Charlotte Rampling

Mrs. Fitzwaring

Daniel Stern

Hal Petersham

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

Bill Bolender

Nick Lang Sr.

Hillary Hoffman

Corey's Daughter

John Hawkes

Sloane

Michael Costello

College President

Bill Johnson

Desk Sergeant (as William Johnson)

Brent Anderson

Metcalf

Wendye Clarendon

Barb

Marco Perella

Cab Driver

Joye Swan

Survey Girl

Charles Beecham

English Professor

Gabriel Folse

Frat Jock #1

Matt Thompson

Frat Jock #2

Barbara MacDonald

Timbuk 3

Pat MacDonald

Timbuk 3

Anne Carr

Guitar player (uncredited)

Kirk Hunter

Extra (uncredited)

Mark Lawyer

Art Patron (uncredited)

William Throckmorton

Kissing Booth Vendor (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Rock group Timbuk 3 makes a brief appearance in the film.

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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 its 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).

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Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan met on this film and were subsequently married.

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Goofs

Towards the end of the film, Dexter fires a pistol, a Colt M1911A1 (standard US military pistol in the period). When the pistol is shown in Dexter's hand after he's fired it, the hammer is down. If the scene had been continuous then the hammer would still be cocked as the recoil from the shot cocks the hammer, ejects the empty shell and loads the round for the next shot.

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Dexter suddenly gains glasses when he first asks Sydney to join him for a date.

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Sydney was somehow able to put on Dexter's jacket despite the fact her arm is super-glued to his.

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Quotes

Dexter Cornell: [laughing] So this is what it's all about: some kid's damn homework!

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Dexter Cornell: Is that the best your petty, prosaic little mind can come up with?

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Dexter Cornell: So, who are you going to kill for your next novel?

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