Panic in the Streets (1950)
27/07/1950 (GB)
Thriller, Crime
1h 36m
- 69% (148 votes)
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THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
Overview
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
- Elia KazanDirector
- John Lee MahinWriter
- Philip YordanWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- race against time
- new orleans, louisiana
- outbreak
- film noir
- black and white
- public health
- plague
- tense
Top Billed Cast
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Jack Palance
Blackie
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
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