MOVIE
Panic in the Streets
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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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Panic in the Streets in its release era
Released in 1950, Panic in the Streets sits inside the 1950s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1950-07-27
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.9/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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