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Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Crime Thriller

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!

Release Date: 1950, July 27
Directors: Elia Kazan
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Jack Palance, Pat Walshe, Paul Douglas, Emile Meyer, Tiger Joe Marsh, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Widmark, Guy Thomajan, H.T. Tsiang, Stanley J. Reyes, Alex Minotis, Tommy Rettig

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

film noir race against time tense outbreak black and white new orleans, louisiana plague public health