Panic in the Streets

1950·Movie

·1h 36min·

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THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!

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.

Film NoirMedical ThrillerBubonic PlagueNew OrleansManhuntSocial CommentaryTense AtmosphereHistorical Setting

Actors

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

Lewis Charles

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

Elia Kazan

Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)

Emile Meyer

Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)

Alex Minotis

John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Lenka Peterson

Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Tommy Rettig

Tommy Reed (uncredited)

Guy Thomajan

Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)

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Directed by:

Elia Kazan, Stanley K. Scheuer, F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston

Written by:

John Lee Mahin, Daniel Fuchs, Philip Yordan

Produced by:

Joseph C. Behm, Sol C. Siegel

Composed by:

Herbert W. Spencer, Alfred Newman, Alfred Newman

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