Panic in the Streets

1950

6.9 (169)

1 hr 36 min

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.

Top Cast

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

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