Barbara Bel Geddes,
Dan Riss,
Jack Palance,
Paul Douglas,
Richard Widmark
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DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005
Stats: 71 reviews
Elia Kazan crafts another film on the edges of Noir that acts as a thematic cousin to On the Waterfront.
In this cross between Outbreak and A buddy cop film, the continuously fantastic Richard Wydmark desperately tries to find the man who shot an immigrant infected with mnemoni...( read more)
a few spots of bad acting but overall well done thriller filmed in New Orleans. 1950.
A tense, inventive thriller that brings new ideas to the film noir genre. The picture benefits from Kazan's trademark realism, shot on location in a documentary-esque style. The director's unique style of guiding actors is beneficial too; every player is convincing and highly eff...( read more)
Although this is an old film I enjoyed this thriller. A bit old hat in places and has a cheesy ending, the rest of the film holds up very well and has an interesting plot.
Classic noir that involves Richard Widmark, an Army doctor(?) who is trying to find a criminal (a young Jack Palance) who carries a strain of the bubonic plague. The title of the movie summarizes the turn of events.
Elia Kazan directed this movie - Panic in the Streets. It stars Richard Widmark as a doctor/public health worker who discovered that the murdered man who was infected with the plague. Jack Palance plays the murderer, a man that everyone fears, and the story line is that of the p...( read more)
This Is Not A Fabulous Noir by Kazan. Weary Story About Ailment, And I don't Know Where Is Panic In His Film!
But Must Not Forget Impressive Camerawork in This Film.
Tribute RICHARD WIDMARK ((December 26, 1914-March 24, 2008 ) by Elia Kazan-1950.
Terrific film- not a typical noir, opening shot of rain-soaked pavement notwithstanding. Plays like an episode of 24- nice taut thriller.
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