D.O.A. (1949)

Edmond O'Brien: Frank Bigelow

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Homicide Detective : Can I help you?

  Frank Bigelow : I'd like to see the man in charge.

  Homicide Detective : In here...

  Frank Bigelow : I want to report a murder.

  Homicide Captain : Sit down. Where was this murder committed?

  Frank Bigelow : San Francisco, last night.

  Homicide Captain : Who was murdered?

  Frank Bigelow : I was.

• Dr. MacDonald : Of course, I'll have to notify the police. This is a case for Homicide.

  Frank Bigelow : Homicide?

  Dr. MacDonald : I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow. You've been murdered.

• Jeanie : My name is Jeanie. What's yours?

  Frank Bigelow : Frank.

  Jeanie : I've never seen you here before, Frank.

  Frank Bigelow : Well, I've never been here before.

• Frank Bigelow : You knew who I was when I came here today. But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you? But I'm not alive, Mrs. Philips. Sure, I can stand here and talk to you. I can breathe and I can move. But I'm not alive. Because I did take that poison, and nothing can save me.

• Paula Gibson : I... I don't quite know how to say this.

  Frank Bigelow : Say what?

  Paula Gibson : Well, what I want to say is that there's nothing you can do that you ever have to feel guilty about.

• Frank Bigelow : Who's the blonde?

  Eddie : Oh she's one of the chicks that hang around here, she's jive crazy.

• Frank Bigelow : Do you realize what you're saying? Well, you're telling me that I'm dead.

• Frank Bigelow : What's the matter with him?

  Eddie : Ah he's flipped, the music's driving him crazy.

• Frank Bigelow : Forget the bills. You know that coat you always wanted? Buy it.

  Paula Gibson : You are drunk.

• Frank Bigelow : Give it to me straight, doctor!

  Dr. MacDonald : Well, a number of things are involved, the systemic condition of the individual, the amount consumed...

  Frank Bigelow : Yes?

  Dr. MacDonald : You won't feel too badly for a while. Then it will happen suddenly. A day, two days... a week at the most.

  Frank Bigelow : [in a daze]  A day... Two days...

  Dr. MacDonald : There's nothing that can be done now. If it had been caught in time, your stomach could have been washed out. But you've had it in you for some time now... for at least twelve hours, haven't you, Bigelow?

  Frank Bigelow : I don't know.

  Dr. MacDonald : [surprised]  You don't know?

  Frank Bigelow : No!

  Dr. MacDonald : Don't you know how you got it?

  Frank Bigelow : No!

  Dr. MacDonald : Then this is no accident. Somebody knew how to handle that stuff. That wax is tasteless and odorless, and the amount of alcohol in your body, you must have got it in liquor.

  Frank Bigelow : I was drinking last night.

  Dr. MacDonald : I'll arrange for your admission to the hospital immediately. Of course, I'll have to notify the police. This a case for homicide.

  Frank Bigelow : Homocide?

  Dr. MacDonald : I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow. You've been murdered.

• Frank Bigelow : But you don't know what it can do to two people, Paula, and the woman always gets hurt more than the man.

• Frank Bigelow : You're in this right up to your pretty little neck.

• Frank Bigelow : [Referring to a photo of Reynolds]  Yeah? Well, you're mighty careful with a picture of a man you haven't heard from in months.

  [Referring to a signature on the photo] 

  Frank Bigelow : What does the 'Ray' stand for?

  Marla Rakubian : It was a... a pet name. Do you mind?

  Frank Bigelow : Oh, it sounds very cozy, Miss Rakubian. You and Reynolds call each other pet names while you make a sucker out of Philips.

  Marla Rakubian : Philips made the deal because he wanted it!

  Frank Bigelow : Yeah, I'll bet you you weren't above using what it takes to help make him want it. Who's paying for this trip?

  Marla Rakubian : I am!

  Frank Bigelow : Really? A first class trip to Buenos Aires on a model's salary? Don't make me laugh. Since you and Reynolds aren't seeing each other anymore, you don't mind if I keep this, do you?

  [He folds the photo and puts it in his inside suit pocket] 

  Marla Rakubian : If I were a man, I'd punch your dirty face in!

  Frank Bigelow : You know, I really believe you would.