Panic in the Streets

6.9 1950 96 min
NR
Thriller Crime

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 thro…

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Director
Elia Kazan
Writers
Edna Anhalt, Richard Murphy, Edward Anhalt, John Lee Mahin, Philip Yordan
Classification
NR

Cast

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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)

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