D.O.A. / The Hitch-Hiker

Two masterpieces of low-budget "noir" cinema are featured. Businessman Edmond O'Brien learns he has been poisoned with a "luminous toxin" and, with only days left to live, begins a desperate search for his own killer. Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Pamela Britton also star in director Rudolph Mate's classic "D.O.A." Plus, two family men on a fishing trip make a fatal mistake when they pick up a psychotic thumb-tripper in director Ida Lupino's "The Hitch-Hiker." Based in part on a true story, the thriller stars O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman. 191 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; newsreel footage.