
Film
Panic in the Streets
1950 · 1h 36m · Thriller · Crime
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- 7.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
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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 Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Crew
- Elia KazanDirector
- Richard MurphyScreenplay
- John Lee MahinWriter
- Philip YordanWriter
- Edna AnhaltStory
- Edward AnhaltStory
- Sol C. SiegelProducer
- Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Harmon JonesEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 27, 1950
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
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