Panic in the Streets

Jul 27, 1950

1h 36m

★ 6.9

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

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

Richard Widmark

Capt. Tom Warren

Paul Douglas

Nancy Reed

Barbara Bel Geddes

Blackie

Jack Palance

Raymond Fitch

Zero Mostel

Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Dan Riss

Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Tommy Cook

Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

Wilson Bourg Jr.

Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Beverly C. Brown

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

Lewis Charles

Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)

Herman Cottman

Fruit Salesman (uncredited)

John David

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