Panic in the Streets
Thriller
Crime
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
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.
1950-07-27
en
Cast
Director
Elia Kazan
Richard Widmark as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul Douglas as Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes as Nancy Reed
Jack Palance as Blackie
Zero Mostel as Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss as Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook as Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Lewis Charles as Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Elia Kazan as Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
Emile Meyer as Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
Alex Minotis as John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Lenka Peterson as Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Tommy Rettig as Tommy Reed (uncredited)
Guy Thomajan as Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)