Panic in the Streets
One night at barbarous hoodlum Blackie, the New Orleans slums and his pals kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The following morning, Dr. Clint Reed of this Public Health Service affirms the dead person had pneumonic plague. Clint inoculate and must find the natives as well as their partners despite disbelief, and in total secrecy, lest the metropolis empties to protect against a catastrophic outbreak. Can detective turn? He has 48 hrs to decide to try...
Released: 1950-06-12