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Panic in the Streets (1950)

"THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!"

6.9/10 1h 36m Jul 27, 1950
Thriller Crime

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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Movie Details

Original Title Panic in the Streets
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Popularity: 1.5
Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Popularity: 1.4
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Popularity: 3.1
Jack Palance
Jack Palance
Blackie
Popularity: 1.8
Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Popularity: 8.4
Dan Riss
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Popularity: 0.2
Tommy Cook
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Popularity: 1.9
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Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0
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Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.2
Lewis Charles
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.7
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Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0
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John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Screenplay Richard Murphy
Director Elia Kazan
Producer Sol C. Siegel
Editor Harmon Jones
Writer John Lee Mahin, Philip Yordan

Production

20th Century Fox
US

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Keywords

race against time new orleans, louisiana outbreak film noir black and white public health plague tense

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10
Feb 6, 2019

Sweaty clock ticker from Elia Kazan. A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. An effective and class, little thriller directed by Elia Kazan that blends documentary realism with a race against time pulpy heartbeat. Set and fi ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10
Dec 27, 2022

As of March 2020, a rather apposite story of a New Orleans murderer who has a deadly plague. It falls to Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas to track down this walking petrie dish before his contagion spreads through the whole of the country. What follows is quite a quickly paced thriller with Barbara ... Read more

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Details
Release Date July 27, 1950
Runtime 1h 36m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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