Panic in the Streets

1950 · Directed by Elia Kazan · 96 min · drama film, film noir

★ 6.9/10 · 170 ratings on TMDB

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.