Panic in the Streets (1950)
"THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!"
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 97%
(RT: 97%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Paul Douglas as Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes as Nancy Reed
Zero Mostel as Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss as Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook as Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr. as Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Is Panic in the Streets good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 172 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 97%.
Overview
A 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. Wikipedia ↗
