Name: A man investigates his own murder in… D.O.A. (1950) — $3
Start: 2025-11-30T13:30:00-06:00
Location: Arkadin Cinema & Bar

$A man investigates his own murder in\u2026 D.O.A. (1950) \u2014 $3$

“A breakneck, almost berserk spin on the classic detective yarn” – Eddie Muller, host of TCM’s Noir Alley
How’s this for a premise?: A mysterious stranger pours a toxin into a man’s drink, and now the man has only a week to find his murderer before the poison kills him. That’s the basis for this frenzied film noir classic starring Edmond O’Brien (whom you might recognize from The Hitch-Hiker, also screening this month at Arkadin) as hapless accountant Frank Bigelow, who is unwittingly embroiled in a complex web of intrigue as he races to save his own life. Bigelow embarks on a lurid odyssey of double-dealing, betrayal and murder that begins with “one of cinema’s most innovative opening sequences” (BBC) and leads to a nightmarish climax. Preserved by the National Film Registry, this brooding, paranoid classic is powered by O’Brien’s fevered, nearly unhinged, performance as well as director Rudolph Maté’s shadowy direction.
This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s NOIRVEMBER series, $3 Sunday matinees of film noir classics that spotlight the broken dreams and bitter paranoia of this distinctly American genre.