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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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 883393
- Image
- Kazan's Panic in the Street trailer screenshot (21).jpg
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- Commons category
- Panic in the Streets (film)
- publication date
- 1950-09-15
- title
- Panic in the Streets
- review score
- 97%
- capital cost
- 1400000
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Categories
1950 American films1950 drama films1950 English-language films1950 films1950s crime thriller films1950s police procedural films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican chase filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican police detective filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsFilm noirFilms about infectious diseasesFilms about viral outbreaksFilms based on short fictionFilms directed by Elia KazanFilms produced by Sol C. SiegelFilms scored by Alfred NewmanFilms set in New OrleansFilms shot in New OrleansFilms that won the Academy Award for Best StoryFilms with screenplays by Edna AnhaltFilms with screenplays by Edward Anhalt