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.

Directed by: Elia Kazan
Written by: Richard Murphy & John Lee Mahin & Philip Yordan
Runtime: 96 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
Cast:
Richard Widmark Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. 
Paul Douglas Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren 
Barbara Bel Geddes Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed 
Jack Palance Jack Palance
Blackie 
Zero Mostel Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch 
Dan Riss Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter 
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Also known as:
  • Unter Geheimbefehl
  • Pánico en las calles
  • Pânico nas Ruas