Panic in the Streets
One night at his buddies hoodlum Blackie and the New Orleans slums kill an illegal immigrant who won in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of this Public Health Service affirms the dead man needed pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic outbreak, Clint must find and inoculate the natives as well as their associates, with the reluctant aid of authorities captain Tom Warren, despite disbelief, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the town. Could detective turn? He has 48 hrs to test...
Released: 1950-06-12