 At one point, Walter (Fred Ward (I) (qv)) asks Joel Levison  (Brion James (I) (qv)) if hes ever seen the original version of  _D.O.A. (1950)_ (qv). Levison says he has, and that he thinks it was  remade a few years ago. James was in the remake,  _D.O.A. (1988)_ (qv).