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Panic in the Streets

(1950)

July 27, 1950 1h 36m
69%
TMDB Score

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 Kazan

Director

Top Billed Cast

RW

Richard Widmark

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

PD

Paul Douglas

Capt. Tom Warren

BBG

Barbara Bel Geddes

Nancy Reed

JP

Jack Palance

Blackie

ZM

Zero Mostel

Raymond Fitch

DR

Dan Riss

Neff - Newspaper Reporter

TC

Tommy Cook

Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

WBJ

Wilson Bourg Jr.

Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

BCB

Beverly C. Brown

Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

LC

Lewis Charles

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

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