Film195096 min

Panic in the Streets

Name: Panic in the Streets
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1950
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel

Taste attributes: crimedramathrillerfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavylinearenclosedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!"

Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, dark crime thriller, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

7.0 /10

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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...

Synopsis: TMDB