6.5/10

Panic in the Streets (1950)

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. 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 empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

Genre: Crime | Thriller | Drama

Country: United States of America   Language: English | Mandarin | Greek

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/32078

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042832/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Elia Kazan

Richard Murphy

Cast:

Richard Widmark

Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

Paul Douglas

Capt. Tom Warren

Barbara Bel Geddes

Nancy Reed

Jack Palance

Blackie (as Walter Jack Palance)

Zero Mostel

Raymond Fitch

Dan Riss

Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook

Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Also Known As:

Outbreak (working title) | Pánico en las calles (Spain) | Panique dans la rue (France) | Unter Geheimbefehl (West Germany) | Bandiera gialla | Das Schiff der Verdammten | Pánik az utcán | Pânico nas Ruas | Pakokauhun vallassa | Paniek in de straat | Panik | Panik på öppen gata | Panikos stous dromous