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Panic in the Streets
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Panic in the Streets is a 1950 American black-and-white film noir drama directed by Elia Kazan. Produced by Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Studios, the movie was shot in New Orleans and set there. The screenplay was written by Richard Murphy and Daniel Fuchs, with Joseph MacDonald serving as director of photography and Harmon Jones as editor. Thomas Little handled production design.
The cast features Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Jack Palance. The score was composed by Billie Holiday. The narrative centers on an epidemic, described with keywords such as race against time and outbreak. The film was released in the United States in 1950, with specific dates including January 1, July 27, August 4, and September 15. It has a runtime of 96 minutes.
Panic in the Streets received an Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for the same honor. It also appeared on the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films list. Distribution was handled by 20th Century Studios and Netflix. Critical reception included a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.2 rating on IMDb.
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6.9A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
Cast
- Richard Widmark as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
- Paul Douglas as Capt. Tom Warren
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Nancy Reed
- Jack Palance as Blackie
- Zero Mostel as Raymond Fitch
- Dan Riss as Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Themes
- race against time
- new orleans, louisiana
- outbreak
- film noir
- black and white
- public health
- plague
- tense
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
9,356 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- epidemic
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Screenwriter
- Daniel Fuchs
- Cast member
- Alexis Minotis
- Composer
- Billie Holiday
- Producer
- Sol C. Siegel
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald
- Narrative location
- New Orleans
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 883393
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Kazan's Panic in the Street trailer screenshot (21).jpg
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- Commons category
- Panic in the Streets (film)
- publication date
- 1950-09-15
- film editor
- Harmon Jones
- title
- Panic in the Streets
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Story
- production designer
- Thomas Little
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 97%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 1400000
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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