Panic in the Streets (1950)
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.
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
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)Recommendations
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While the City Sleeps
Sorcerer
The Glass Key
Cause for Alarm!
The Andromeda Strain
Witness to Murder
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The Web
The Truth About Emanuel
The Blue Gardenia
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Hollow Triumph
The Invitation
Suddenly
Nightfall
A Kiss Before Dying
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The Locket