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.
- Genre: Thriller, Crime
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: race against time, new orleans, louisiana, outbreak, film noir, black and white, public health, plague
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Dan Riss