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Panic in the Streets

Release Year
1950
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Crime
Thriller
Directed By
Elia Kazan
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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Richard Widmark

Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

Paul Douglas

Capt. Tom Warren

Jack Palance

Blackie

Zero Mostel

Raymond Fitch

Dan Riss

Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook

Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Wilson Bourg Jr.

Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

Beverly C. Brown

Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Lewis Charles

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

Herman Cottman

Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)

John David

Fruit Salesman (uncredited)

William A. Dean

Cortelyou (uncredited)

Crew

Elia Kazan

Director

Richard Murphy

Screenplay

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Harmon Jones

Editor

Travilla

Costume Design

Sol C. Siegel

Producer

Daniel Fuchs

Adaptation

Edna Anhalt

Story

Edward Anhalt

Story

W.D. Flick

Sound

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

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