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Panic in the Streets|Richard Widmark

Panic in the Streets

Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas
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Overview

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. Academy Award Nominations: Best Motion Picture Story.

Awards:
1950 - Academy Awards - Best Motion Picture Story - Winner

Main Cast & Crew:
Elia Kazan - Director
Richard Widmark
Paul Douglas
Jack Palance
Zero Mostel
Dan Riss
Tommy Cook
Elia Kazan

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand)
  • Run Time: 96
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 191091184431
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: November 2021

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
Three thieves murder an illegal alien stricken with the bubonic plague and unknowingly catch the disease themselves. Now it's up to a dedicated public health official and the police to track down the criminals... before it's too late for everybody.

Notes:
Film debut for actor Jack Palance. Shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Reviews:
"...Kazan's tough, trim PANIC is a kind of virus noir..." -- Rating: B+ - 08/04/1995 Entertainment Weekly, pp.64-5


"...Zero Mostel is good as a creep; so is killer Jack Palance..." - 12/28/1990 USA Today, p.3D


"[A] riveting action thriller, which makes great use of its New Orleans location." - 04/03/2005 Los Angeles Times, p.E15


"[A] great 1950 Elia Kazan thriller with gritty doc-style toughness..." - 05/01/2005 Uncut, p.140


"The filmmakers use their locations well and never let the sense of urgency dissipate." - 06/01/2005 Sight and Sound, p.86


"[A]n extraordinarily stylish, carefully wrought depiction of a hypothetical -- the CONTAGION of its time." -- Grade: B+ - 04/11/2013 A.V. Club

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