Loading Page
Panic in the Streets(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-07-27
69%
165 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!
Overview:
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.
Languages: Mandarin, Greek, English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Panic in the Streets
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Video Trailer Panic in the Streets
All 1 videos
Panic in the Streets | #TBT Trailer | 20th Century FOX - Trailer
Recommendations Movies
70%
Jezebel(en)
1938-03-26
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
69%
No Way Out(en)
1950-08-16
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
62%
A Blueprint for Murder(en)
1953-07-24
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
69%
D.O.A.(en)
1949-12-23
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
66%
The Glass Key(en)
1942-09-08
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
61%
Deadsight(en)
2018-11-25
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.
69%
While the City Sleeps(en)
1956-04-19
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
74%
Sorcerer(en)
1977-06-24
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
59%
Cause for Alarm!(en)
1951-03-30
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
66%
Hollow Triumph(en)
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
71%
The Web(en)
1947-06-04
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
72%
The Naked City(en)
1948-03-04
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
62%
The Man Who Cheated Himself(en)
1950-12-26
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
60%
The Truth About Emanuel(en)
2013-04-26
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
71%
The Andromeda Strain(en)
1971-03-12
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
64%
The Invitation(en)
2016-04-08
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
64%
Suddenly(en)
1954-09-17
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
65%
The Blue Gardenia(en)
1953-03-20
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
74%
Pickup on South Street(en)
1953-05-27
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
63%
Witness to Murder(en)
1954-04-15
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Similar Movies
69%
Déjà Vu(en)
2006-11-22
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
75%
Band of Outsiders(fr)
1964-08-05
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
63%
Andha Naal(ta)
1954-04-13
Rajan, a radio engineer, is found murdered in Madras during the tense World War II era, amid fears of a Japanese air raid on the city. CID officer Sivanandham investigates the case as each suspect—Rajan's wife, lover, relatives, and neighbors—narrates a different version of events, revealing hidden motives and secrets that lead to the truth.
65%
Blindness(en)
2008-05-14
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
63%
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil(en)
1997-11-21
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
57%
Spiral(en)
2019-07-14
A same-sex couple moves to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighborhood.
62%
Dick Tracy(en)
1990-06-15
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
39%
Dangerous Paradise(en)
1930-02-13
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
92%
Where is Gilgamesh?(ku)
2024-02-01
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he faces his own inner demons.
65%
The Man Who Knew Too Much(en)
1934-12-09
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
75%
Thesis(es)
1996-04-11
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
63%
Smilla's Sense of Snow(en)
1997-02-28
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
66%
One Hour Photo(en)
2002-08-21
Sy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of their family. When Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, a bizarre and thrilling confrontation ensues.
75%
Serpico(en)
1973-12-18
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
63%
Under Siege(en)
1992-10-08
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.
65%
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift(en)
2006-06-03
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
63%
D.O.A.(en)
1988-03-18
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
70%
Shallow Grave(en)
1994-12-22
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.
66%
The Skeleton Key(en)
2005-07-29
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.