Panic in the Streets
1 night at his pals hoodlum Blackie and the New Orleans slums kill an illegal immigrant who won into a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of this Public Health Service confirms the dead person needed pneumonic plague. Clint inoculate and must find the natives as well as their partners, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest the metropolis empties to prevent a devastating epidemic. Can a health care provider turn detective? He's 48 hrs to decide to try...
Released: 1950-06-12