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1950 1h 36m

Panic in the Streets

Directed by Elia Kazan

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.

Directing 1

Elia Kazan
Director
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

Writing 5

R
Screenplay
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
E
Story
New York City, New York, USA
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Philip Yordan
Writer
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Production 1

Sol C. Siegel
Producer