Panic in the Streets
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
6.9
171 votes
July 27, 1950
1h 36m
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.
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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 BrotherW
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)B
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)H
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)J
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)W
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)R
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)G
George Ehmig
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