D.O.A. (1950)
Noirvember continues with this film that is considered to be a classic of the film noir genre. What I will say is that the CONCEPT, the story conceit, is a fantastic idea, but the finished product was not my favorite film.
What is that concept, you ask?
The opening scene is a man coming into a police station to report a murder. The victim? Himself. The rest of the film is basically one long flashback explaining what he means. He is an accountant and notary public who goes on a solo vacation and winds up partying with a group of people there for a convention. After he falls ill the next day and goes to a doctor to get checked out, it turns out he has been poisoned, a "luminous toxin" for which there is no cure, and he only has about a week to live. The rest of the film is him re-tracing his steps, and trying to solve the mystery of who has poisoned him and why.
Like I said, neat idea for a movie, but it just didn't sit as well with me as most of the other noir films I've seen. Worth watching? Yes, but probably not worth re-watching.