Directed by:
Earl McEvoyScreenplay:
Harry EssexCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright, Barry Kelley, Carl Benton Reid, Whit Bissell, Richard Egan, Ray Walker, Jim Backus (more)Plots(1)
The film, shot in a semi-documentary style, is about diamond smugglers who unknowingly start a smallpox outbreak in the New York City of 1947. It is based on the real threat of a smallpox epidemic in the city the previous year. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Robert Foulk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906438_269fec.gif)
Robert Foulk
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1955)
![Reed Hadley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309415_10d1de.jpg)
Reed Hadley (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
![Arthur Space](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/937/159937971_8b1fbd.jpg)
Arthur Space
USA
Best movies:
Sudden Fear (1952)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Random Harvest (1942)
![Paul Dubov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946603_3077be.jpg)
Paul Dubov
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
High Noon (1952)
Shock Corridor (1963)
![Charles Watts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/157/160157319_67c04b.jpg)
Charles Watts
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Walter Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160369_35906d.jpg)
Walter Burke
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Mystery Street (1950)
![Roy Engel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160399_50ab3b.jpg)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
![Celia Lovsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/163/160163419_181889.jpg)
Celia Lovsky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Harry Shannon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333190_0707f3.jpg)
Harry Shannon
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Random Harvest (1942)
James Bush
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Out of the Past (1947)
Air Force (1943)
![Anthony Jochim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/424/160424791_09a7d4.jpg)
Anthony Jochim
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
![Dan Riss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/438/160438330_e3cde1.jpg)
Dan Riss
USA
Best movies:
Only the Valiant (1951)
The Enforcer (1951)
Human Desire (1954)
![Blackie Whiteford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484515_0aa708.jpg)
Blackie Whiteford
USA
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
King Kong (1933)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![John Bleifer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/964/160964297_2e40c5.jpg)
John Bleifer
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
![Billy Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873719_acfb9e.jpg)
Billy Gray
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
To Each His Own (1946)
Three Little Words (1950)
![Beverly Washburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/794/160794230_a6d579.jpg)
Beverly Washburn
USA
Best movies:
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Shane (1953)
![Pat O'Malley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011776_193276.jpg)
Pat O'Malley
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Sydney Mason
USA
Best movies:
The Golden Blade (1953)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
![George Baxter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/589/161589588_5ccb8c.jpg)
George Baxter
France
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
George Spaulding
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
The Last Hurrah (1958)