Panic in the Streets (1950)

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1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Jul 27, 1950 | Released

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...

Director: Elia Kazan

Producer: Sol C. Siegel

Writer(s): Richard Murphy

Story: Edward Anhalt Edna Anhalt

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Cast (31 Members)

Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)

Blackie

Barbara Bel Geddes

Nancy Reed

Richard Widmark

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

Raymond Fitch

Tommy Reed (uncredited)

Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

Capt. Tom Warren

Beverly C. Brown

Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)

Ben (uncredited)

Dubin (uncredited)

Wynant (uncredited)

Anson (uncredited)

Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)

Lee (uncredited)

Fruit Salesman (uncredited)

William A. Dean

Cortelyou (uncredited)

H. Waller Fowler Jr.

Mayor Murray (uncredited)

Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)

Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)

Darwin Greenfield

Violet (uncredited)

Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)

Jordan (uncredited)

Mrs. Rita Mefaris (uncredited)

Al (uncredited)

Irvine Vidacovich

Johnston (uncredited)

Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)

Ruth Moore Mathews

Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)

Elia Kazan Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Palance Blackie

Barbara Bel Geddes Nancy Reed

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

Zero Mostel Raymond Fitch

Tommy Rettig Tommy Reed (uncredited)

Dan Riss Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Lewis Charles Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)

Paul Douglas Capt. Tom Warren

Beverly C. Brown Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Arthur Tong Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)

Waldo Pitkin Ben (uncredited)

Ray Müller Dubin (uncredited)

Rex Moad Wynant (uncredited)

Henry Mamet Anson (uncredited)

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

John Schilleci Lee (uncredited)

John David Fruit Salesman (uncredited)

William A. Dean Cortelyou (uncredited)

H. Waller Fowler Jr. Mayor Murray (uncredited)

Herman Cottman Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)

Robert Dorsen Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)

Darwin Greenfield Violet (uncredited)

George Ehmig Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)

Edward Kennedy Jordan (uncredited)

Aline Stevens Mrs. Rita Mefaris (uncredited)

Al Theriot Al (uncredited)

Irvine Vidacovich Johnston (uncredited)

Juan Villasana Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)

Ruth Moore Mathews Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)

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Director

Original Music Composer

Set Decoration

Producer

Makeup Artist

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Story

Screenplay

Adaptation

Story

Editor

Elia Kazan Director

Alfred Newman Original Music Composer

Thomas Little Set Decoration

Sol C. Siegel Producer

Ben Nye Makeup Artist

Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography

Edward Anhalt Story

Richard Murphy Screenplay

Daniel Fuchs Adaptation

Edna Anhalt Story

Harmon Jones Editor

Age At Time Of Release

40

31

Barbara Bel Geddes

27

49

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