Panic in the Streets
Released
July 27, 1950
Runtime: 1h 36m
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 & Crew
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 Brother
- WJ
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
- BB
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
- HC
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
- JD
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
- WD
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
- RD
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
- GE
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
- HJ
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
- PH
Paul Hostetler
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Director
- EA
Edna Anhalt
Story
- RM
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Edward Anhalt
Story
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Philip Yordan
Writer
Media
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