Panic in the Streets
1950 · 96 min
Thriller · Crime
★ 6.9Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director Elia Kazan
- Screenplay Richard Murphy
- Writer John Lee Mahin
- Writer Philip Yordan
- Story Edna Anhalt
- Story Edward Anhalt
- Director of Photography Joseph MacDonald
Cast
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
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
- W
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
- B
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
- H
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
- J
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Elia Kazan
- Screenplay — Richard Murphy
- Writer — John Lee Mahin
- Writer — Philip Yordan
- Story — Edna Anhalt
- Story — Edward Anhalt
- Director of Photography — Joseph MacDonald
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