Panic in the Streets (1950)

6.9/10 96 min Thriller Crime

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)

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