Panic in the Streets

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!

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Crime
Thriller

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.

Keywords

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

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 27, 1950
Original language: English
Spoken languages: Chinese, Greek, English
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Rex Moad,Tiger Joe Marsh,Emile Meyer,Zero Mostel,Al Theriot,John David,Pat Walshe,Irvine Vidacovich,Dan Riss,Aline Stevensand 32 more
Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: Richard Murphy,John Lee Mahin,Edna Anhalt,Philip Yordan,Edward Anhalt,Daniel Fuchs
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Music: Alfred Newman
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0042832