Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Actors: Jack Palance , Richard Widmark , Dan Riss , Barbara Bel Geddes , Paul Douglas , Tommy Cook , Zero Mostel
Director: Elia Kazan
IMDB Rate: 7.4 out of 10 (1939 votes)
Plot Summary:One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

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