Panic in the Streets
“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.
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Cast
42 people
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Known for
Clash by Night
Fourteen Hours
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Known for
Vertigo
Dallas
Jack Palance
Blackie
Known for
The Swan Princess
Batman
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Known for
The Producers
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Known for
Human Desire
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Known for
Cry of the City
Night Passage
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Also in
New Orleans After Dark
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Also in
Seinfeld
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Known for
Party Girl
Al Capone
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
Elia Kazan Director · Richard Murphy Screenplay John Lee Mahin Writer
Budget $1.4M · United States release August 4, 1950 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,400,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Greek
Release dates
United States · July 1, 1950
Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
United States · August 4, 1950
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
September 15, 1950 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 26, 1998 · TV · Fox Film mj.gov.br
May 25, 2005 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
France
December 20, 1950 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 27, 1950 · Limited theatrical · London
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