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Cast
| 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 | |
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Karen Radcliffe | ... | Jane Corey |
| William Forward | ... | Chief Resident | |
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Lee Gideon | ... | Mr. Fitzwaring |
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Dexter Cornell, an English Professor, becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his students, Sydney Fuller. Written by Rob Hartill
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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.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 March 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Gross USA:
$12,706,478Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
DolbyAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Detective Ulmer: It's a petty, prosaic little world, Mr. Cornell.
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Written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown (as Larry Brown)
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Third of five versions of the D.O.A. (Dead on Arrival) story with the first being the classic original film noir motion picture D.O.A. (1949) with later versions being D.O.A. (1988), Crank (2006), Color Me Dead (1969), and Dead on Arrival (2013). See more »Goofs
At the end of the movie, Dex shoots the villain, who falls out of a window. Dex shot the villain in the front and the villain took several steps backwards without turning around. The next shot shows the villain very obviously jumping out of the window by running up to it facing forward and spinning around in the air. See more »Quotes
Dexter Cornell: Is that the best your petty, prosaic little mind can come up with?Detective Ulmer: It's a petty, prosaic little world, Mr. Cornell.
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The opening Touchstone Logo is in black & white and the logo's flash is accompanied by a thunder clap. See more »Soundtracks
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREEWritten by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown (as Larry Brown)
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This is a whodunnit in the Hitchcock tradition. You are kept in the dark as suspects come and go. Dennis Quaid is supurb as Dexter, a man doomed to die and Meg Ryan excellent as his babe. There is not much not to like in this little suspense and all the pieces fit neatly together the way they should. You won't be sorry you watched this one if you like suspense.