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.

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  Richard Widmark

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

  Capt. Tom Warren
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  Barbara Bel Geddes

  Nancy Reed
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  Jack Palance

  Blackie
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  Zero Mostel

  Raymond Fitch
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  Dan Riss

  Neff - Newspaper Reporter
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  Tommy Cook

  Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
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  Lewis Charles

  Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
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  Elia Kazan

  Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
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  Emile Meyer

  Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)