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Stars: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas and Barbara Bel Geddes.

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...
(Not to be confused with the later (1972) version)

Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Elia Kazan
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Language: English
Runtime: 96 minutes

Filetype: MP4
Filesize: 382.9 MB

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Keywords: classic mystery;detective;film noir;thriller
File Size: 382.9 MBytes