Panic in the Streets

August. 04,1950      NR
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Dan Riss as  Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook as  Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Lewis Charles as  Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Elia Kazan as  Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)

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