# Panic in the Streets (1950)

> A public health doctor and a skeptical police captain race through New Orleans to find plague-infected killers before an outbreak escapes containment.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/20138

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Dan Riss, Tommy Cook, Wilson Bourg Jr.
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042832/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, urgent, gritty, classic cinema night, film noir marathon

## Synopsis

A deadly outbreak looms as a doctor races against time to contain a plague in New Orleans.

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