PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)

ELIA KAZAN

Thriller Film Noir Gangster/Mob Medical 1950s Classics

Cast

RICHARD WIDMARK PAUL DOUGLAS BARBARA BEL GEDDES JACK PALANCE ZERO MOSTEL DAN RISS ALEXIS MINOTIS TOMMY COOK

Plot

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. A dark and gritty thriller.