Panic in the Streets (film)
| Panic in the Streets | |
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| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Screenplay by | Richard Murphy Daniel Fuchs |
| Story by | Edna Anhalt Edward Anhalt |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Paul Douglas Barbara Bel Geddes Jack Palance Zero Mostel |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Harmon Jones |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,400,000 |
Panic in the Streets is a 1950 American medical-themed film noir thriller directed by Elia Kazan and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was shot exclusively on location in New Orleans, Louisiana and features numerous scenes around the city and Port of New Orleans along the Mississippi River. Many local citizens appear in both speaking and non-speaking roles.
The film tells the story of a city's efforts to forestall a deadly epidemic of pneumonic plague.
The score was composed by Alfred Newman.