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Panic in the Streets

1950 • 1h36m Thriller, Crime

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Elia Kazan

Screenplay

Richard Murphy

John Lee Mahin

Philip Yordan

Cast

Richard Widmark

Paul Douglas

Barbara Bel Geddes

Release date

7/27/1950

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

155