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.

Thriller Crime

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))

Edward Kennedy

(Jordan (uncredited))

Mary Liswood

(Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited))

Henry Mamet

(Anson (uncredited))

Tiger Joe Marsh

(Bosun on Nile Queen (uncredited))

Ruth Moore Mathews

(Mrs. Dubin (uncredited))

Emile Meyer

(Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited))

Alex Minotis

(John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited))

Rex Moad

(Wynant (uncredited))

Ray Müller

(Dubin (uncredited))

Lenka Peterson

(Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited))

Waldo Pitkin

(Ben (uncredited))

Tommy Rettig

(Tommy Reed (uncredited))

Stanley J. Reyes

(Redfield (uncredited))

John Schilleci

(Lee (uncredited))

Aline Stevens

(Mrs. Rita Mefaris (uncredited))

Al Theriot

(Al (uncredited))

Guy Thomajan

(Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited))

Arthur Tong

(Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited))

H.T. Tsiang

(Cook on Nile Queen (uncredited))

Irvine Vidacovich

(Johnston (uncredited))

Juan Villasana

(Hotel Proprietor (uncredited))

Pat Walshe

(Pat - Newspaper Peddler (uncredited))

Val Winter

(Commissioner Dan Quinn (uncredited))

Leo Zinser

(Sgt. Phelps (uncredited))