Panic in the Streets

1950 · directed by Elia Kazan

Rating

81/100

Hit

yes

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.

Panic in the Streets (1950), directed by Elia Kazan, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Richard Widmark
• Paul Douglas
• Barbara Bel Geddes
• Jack Palance
• Zero Mostel
• Dan Riss
• Tommy Cook
• Wilson Bourg Jr.
• Beverly C. Brown
• Lewis Charles

Crew

• Joseph MacDonald — Director of Photography
• Harmon Jones — Editor
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• Richard Murphy — Screenplay
• John Lee Mahin — Writer
• Philip Yordan — Writer

More from Elia Kazan

1. On the Waterfront (1954) — 98/100 · hit
2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — 97/100 · hit
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) — 84/100 · hit
4. Wild River (1960) — 81/100 · hit
5. A Face in the Crowd (1957) — 80/100 · hit
6. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — 80/100 · hit

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