According to some sources, the idea for this film's unusual story line was taken from the German film L'uomo che cerca il suo assassino (1931) ("The Man Who Seeks His Murderer"), directed by Robert Siodmak and based on a play co-written by Billy Wilder. However, "D.O.A." does not appear to be a remake of the earlier film because, although there is a similarity in the basic premise--a man searching for his own murderer--the two stories are fundamentally different. Furthermore, in the credits for this film, both the story and screenplay are credited to Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, with no mention of any earlier source material. "D.O.A." itself has been remade a number of times as noted on the Connections page.

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