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Remake of which movie?

posted 17 years ago by lilafotioy
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I have read somewhere that this movie is a remake of a 40s' classic probably directed by Rudolf Mathe. Does anyone know which was the original old film?

[–] AlanSquier 17 years ago

The 1950 D.O.A. starring Edmund O'Brien is a truly all-time great and I definitely recommend it. I rented it through Netflix, but I imagine any rental outfit that has a good classic collection will have it.

I haven't seen this remake yet but will as soon as this afternoon, and I'll let you know what I think of it in comparison to the original.

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[–] joonas1038 16 years ago

i have seen the orginal version once....

[–] tomloft2000 16 years ago

remake of the 1950 version,which was much better.

[–] Studman_Productions 15 years ago

ah yes. thanks

[–] tommyuk 15 years ago

The original version is much much better and its free to watch legally on the Internet Archive copyright ran out on it.

http://www.archive.org

[–] Rhapthorne 15 years ago

Both are great films for their respective times. Apart from the poisoning theme and the title both films are entirely different in their plots and so I don't really compare the two.

[–] zephyr-123 14 years ago

I've seen both in the past two weeks and like both of them but I prefer this one.

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[–] Prismark10 12 years ago

The 1950 version is much better although this one does work well in its own right.

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[–] Movie_Piranha_1979 11 years ago

I didn't knew this was a remake!
I'm going to check the original!

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[–] mariposa-9 11 years ago

The original is great, but slightly dated. As a remake this one works very well. A truly outstanding performance by Dennis Quaid. Who, by the way, looks just like Edmund O'brien from the original.

[–] dasterly2007 11 years ago

The original is the best,this just a crap update which takes forever to get going.