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69% Critic Match
Panic in the Streets
“THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!”
6.9 / 10• 1950• 1h 36m•NR• English
ThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Lead
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
WB
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elia Kazan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Panic in the Streets is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
