Lakeshore Classic Movies

D.O.A. (1950)

After a night on the town in San Francisco, small-town accountant (Edmond O’Brien) wakes up with more than a hangover as doctors tell him he's been poisoned and has a week to live. Not knowing who did it or why, the doomed man goes on a desperate search to find his own murderer in this classic film noir.

D.O.A. (1950)

1h 23m

  • Detour (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Detour (1945)

    S2023 E112 - 1h 7m

    A hitchhiker’s (Tom Neal) luck goes from bad to worse when the man who gave him a ride suddenly dies. Worried that he might be accused of murder, he hides the body and takes on the man’s identity.

  • Scarlet Street (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Scarlet Street (1945)

    S2023 E59 - 1h 41m

    A mild-mannered, middle-aged cashier and wannabe painter (Edward G. Robinson) saves a pretty, young woman of the streets (Joan Bennett) from her threatening boyfriend. The cashier soon becomes embroiled into the two’s life of crime and a cycle of destruction that he can’t escape.

  • Quicksand (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Quicksand (1950)

    S2023 E108 - 1h 18m

    Mickey Rooney stars as a mechanic who borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, expecting to pay it back the next day. Over the course of the night, he slips deeper and deeper into debt and trouble in this film noir that also stars Peter Lorre.

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