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Panic in the Streets
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6.9A 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.
Released: 1950-07-2796 minDir: Elia KazanThriller, Crime
Cast
- 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
Themes
- race against time
- new orleans, louisiana
- outbreak
- film noir
- black and white
- public health
- plague
- tense
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
9,356 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
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