Panic in the Streets
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.
Release Date: 1950-07-27
Thriller
Crime
★★★★★★★★★★ (147 votes)
Casts
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)
Emile Meyer
as Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
