Panic in the Streets

Name: Panic in the Streets
Director: Elia Kazan
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1950-07-27
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel

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1950 · 96 min · NR · Thriller · Crime · TMDB 6.9/10

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan

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