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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  Elia Kazan
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  F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston
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  Stanley K. Scheuer

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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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  Wilson Bourg Jr.
  Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
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  Beverly C. Brown
  Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
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  Lewis Charles
  Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
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  Herman Cottman
  Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
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  John David
  Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
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  William A. Dean
  Cortelyou (uncredited)
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  Robert Dorsen
  Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
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  George Ehmig
  Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
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  H. Waller Fowler Jr.
  Mayor Murray (uncredited)
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  Paul Hostetler
  Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
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  Elia Kazan
  Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
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  Edward Kennedy
  Jordan (uncredited)
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  Mary Liswood
  Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)