Panic in the Streets

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!

  • Rated 6.9 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1950
  • 1h 36m
  • 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.

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Director
Elia Kazan
Starring
Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance

Cast

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard Widmark

    Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

  • Paul Douglas

    Paul Douglas

    Capt. Tom Warren

  • Barbara Bel Geddes

    Barbara Bel Geddes

    Nancy Reed

  • Jack Palance

    Jack Palance

    Blackie

  • Zero Mostel

    Zero Mostel

    Raymond Fitch

  • Dan Riss

    Dan Riss

    Neff - Newspaper Reporter

  • Tommy Cook

    Tommy Cook

    Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

  • Wilson Bourg Jr.

    Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

  • Beverly C. Brown

    Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

  • Lewis Charles

    Lewis Charles

    Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

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