Panic in the Streets

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.

• Elia KazanDirector
• Richard MurphyScreenplay
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• John Lee MahinWriter
• Philip YordanWriter

• Richard WidmarkLt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
• Paul DouglasCapt. Tom Warren
• Barbara Bel GeddesNancy Reed
• Jack PalanceBlackie
• Zero MostelRaymond Fitch
• Dan RissNeff - Newspaper Reporter
• Tommy CookVince Poldi - Younger Brother
• Wilson Bourg Jr.Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
• Beverly C. BrownDr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
• Lewis CharlesKochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
• Herman CottmanOfficer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
• John DavidFruit Salesman (uncredited)