Panic in the Streets (1950)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Jack Palance
Blackie
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Paul Hostetler
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited) / Director
Edward Kennedy
Jordan (uncredited)
Mary Liswood
Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)
Henry Mamet
Anson (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh
Bosun on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Ruth Moore Mathews
Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
Alex Minotis
John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Rex Moad
Wynant (uncredited)
Ray Müller
Dubin (uncredited)
Lenka Peterson
Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Waldo Pitkin
Ben (uncredited)
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Reed (uncredited)
Stanley J. Reyes
Redfield (uncredited)
John Schilleci
Lee (uncredited)
Aline Stevens
Mrs. Rita Mefaris (uncredited)
Al Theriot
Al (uncredited)
Guy Thomajan
Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)
Arthur Tong
Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)
H.T. Tsiang
Cook on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Irvine Vidacovich
Johnston (uncredited)
Juan Villasana
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Pat Walshe
Pat - Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Val Winter
Commissioner Dan Quinn (uncredited)
Leo Zinser
Sgt. Phelps (uncredited)
Daniel Fuchs
Adaptation
Edna Anhalt
Story
Edward Anhalt
Story
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Harmon Jones
Editor
Travilla
Costume Design
W.D. Flick
Sound
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Designer / Wardrobe Coordinator
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston
Assistant Director
Michael Audley
Dialogue Coach
Bernard Mayers
Orchestrator
Red Nichols
Orchestrator
Joseph C. Behm
Production Manager
Lyman Hallowell
Editorial Staff
Benny Carter
Orchestrator
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Master
Ernie Felice
Orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Til Gabani
Camera Operator
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 27, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Panic in the Streets is a 1950 American medical-themed film noir thriller, directed by Elia Kazan and released by 20th Century Fox. It was shot exclusively on location in New Orleans, Louisiana, and features numerous scenes around the city and Port of New Orleans along the Mississippi River and showing various New Orleans citizens in speaking and non-speaking roles.
The film tells the story of Lieutenant Commander Clinton Reed (Richard Widmark), an officer of the U.S. Public Health Service, and Captain Tom Warren (Paul Douglas), a grizzled veteran detective of the New Orleans Police Department. The men have only a day or two of frantic intense search and interviews in which to prevent a greater outbreak of a deadly epidemic of pneumonic plague (a form of the pandemic disease known as the "Black Death" in Medieval Europe), after Reed determines a waterfront homicide victim is also an index case and the first to be found carrying the disease. The supporting cast includes Barbara Bel Geddes as Reed's wife Nancy, along with Jack Palance (in his film debut) and Zero Mostel – the latter two play crooks, associates of the victim who had prompted the public health investigation. The film was also the debut of Tommy Rettig, best known for playing Jeff Miller in the early seasons of the television series Lassie, who appears as the Reeds' son.
The film was released later on DVD format by 20th Century Fox as part of the "Fox Film Noir collection", along with Laura and Call Northside 777, on March 15, 2005.
The score was composed by Alfred Newman.
The film was originally named Port of Entry, subsequently later as Outbreak, and ultimately Panic in the Streets.