Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1950
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Richard WidmarkLt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul DouglasCapt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel GeddesNancy Reed
Jack PalanceBlackie
Zero MostelRaymond Fitch
Dan RissNeff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy CookVince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. BrownDr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis CharlesKochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Herman CottmanOfficer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John DavidFruit Salesman (uncredited)
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William A. DeanCortelyou (uncredited)
Robert DorsenCoast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George EhmigKleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Paul HostetlerLt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Elia KazanCleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
Edward KennedyJordan (uncredited)
Mary LiswoodAngie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)
Henry MametAnson (uncredited)
Tiger Joe MarshBosun on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Ruth Moore MathewsMrs. Dubin (uncredited)
Emile MeyerCapt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
Alex MinotisJohn Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Rex MoadWynant (uncredited)
Ray MüllerDubin (uncredited)
Lenka PetersonJeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Waldo PitkinBen (uncredited)
Tommy RettigTommy Reed (uncredited)
Stanley J. ReyesRedfield (uncredited)
John SchilleciLee (uncredited)
Al TheriotAl (uncredited)
Guy ThomajanPoldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)
Arthur TongLascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)
H.T. TsiangCook on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Irvine VidacovichJohnston (uncredited)
Juan VillasanaHotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Pat WalshePat - Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Val WinterCommissioner Dan Quinn (uncredited)
Leo ZinserSgt. Phelps (uncredited)
Aline StevensRita Mefaris (uncredited)
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