Panic in the Streets (DVD)

Panic in the Streets (1950) starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel. Dr. Clint Reed (Widmark) finds that a recently murdered man had pneumonic plague, and the killers (Palance, Mostel) must be found before they start an epidemic. The police captain (Douglas) is not very cooperative, so Dr. Reed goes off by himself, searching the docks of New Orleans for anyone who has seen the dead man. Meanwhile, the killers are doing everything they can to elude capture while the plague incubates inside them. Despite the 1950 production values, it's a pretty intense film. The subtitles are very helpful. Grade: B