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Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 27, 1950

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Thriller, Crime

User Score

69%

Original Title

Panic in the Streets

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Elia Kazan

Description

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.