Panic in the Streets (1950)
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.
Thriller, Crime
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
- 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)
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