Directed by:
Elia KazanScreenplay:
Richard MurphyCinematography:
Joseph MacDonaldComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Tommy Cook, Elia Kazan, Tommy Rettig, Emile Meyer, Dan Riss, Alexis Minotis (more)VOD (2)
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A public health worker (Richard Widmark) and a police captain (Paul Douglas) have only 48 hours to stop a pneumonic plague outbreak from spreading across New Orleans. (official distributor synopsis)
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Panic in the Streets is a decent thriller in which time is of crucial importance and everyone screams at everyone else –
even the one who doesn’t yet know what a disaster he has at his door. Jack Palance’s bad guy attracts more attention
than the main character, a doctor fulfilling family ideals. Palance’s twisted gangster is a clever allegory of the pursuit of
gold, which actually means unsuspectedly getting closer to a deadly plague. The occasional witty dialogue works well to
lighten up the dark atmosphere of the film.
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