Panic in the Streets (1950)
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
1950 · NR · 1h 36m · Thriller, Crime
Genres: Thriller, Crime
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.
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Richard Murphy
Music by: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Editor: Harmon Jones
Rated 6.9/10 by 168 viewers
Cast
Richard Widmark as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.Paul Douglas as Capt. Tom WarrenBarbara Bel Geddes as Nancy ReedJack Palance as BlackieZero Mostel as Raymond FitchDan Riss as Neff - Newspaper ReporterTommy Cook as Vince Poldi - Younger BrotherWilson Bourg Jr. as Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)Beverly C. Brown as Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)Lewis Charles as Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)Herman Cottman as Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)John David as Fruit Salesman (uncredited)More like this
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