Film
Panic in the Streets
United States- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Year
- 1950
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
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.
Top 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)
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Paul Hostetler
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
Directed by
Elia Kazan
Written by
Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Richard Murphy
Produced by
Sol C. Siegel
