Panic in the Streets
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1950
1h 36m
NR
English
Thriller, Crime
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Panic in the Streets
One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empties the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try.
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Cast
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Capt. Tom Warren
Nancy Reed
Blackie
Raymond Fitch
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncre...
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredi...
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technicia...
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Healt...
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncre...
Jordan (uncredited)
Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncre...
Anson (uncredited)
Bosun on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)
Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Qu...
John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (un...
Directed By: Elia Kazan
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John Chard
6 years ago
Sweaty clock ticker from Elia Kazan.
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
An effective and class, little thriller directed by Elia Kazan that blends documentary realism with a race against time pulpy heartbeat. Set and fi More
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
An effective and class, little thriller directed by Elia Kazan that blends documentary realism with a race against time pulpy heartbeat. Set and fi More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
As of March 2020, a rather apposite story of a New Orleans murderer who has a deadly plague. It falls to Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas to track down this walking petrie dish before his contagion spreads through the whole of the country. What follows is quite a quickly paced thriller with Barbara More
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