Panic in the Streets

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan

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

W

Wilson Bourg Jr.

Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

B

Beverly C. Brown

Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Lewis Charles

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

H

Herman Cottman

Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)

J

John David

Fruit Salesman (uncredited)

W

William A. Dean

Cortelyou (uncredited)

R

Robert Dorsen

Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)

G

George Ehmig

Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)

H

H. Waller Fowler Jr.

Mayor Murray (uncredited)

P

Paul Hostetler

Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)

Elia Kazan

Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)

E

Edward Kennedy

Jordan (uncredited)

M

Mary Liswood

Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)

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