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. Academy Award Nominations: Best Motion Picture Story.

Three thieves murder an illegal alien stricken with the bubonic plague and unknowingly catch the disease themselves. Now it's up to a dedicated public health official and the police to track down the criminals... before it's too late for everybody.

Film debut for actor Jack Palance.

Shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English & Spanish
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Alain Silver & Jame Ursini - Authors/Historians
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer

Richard Widmark: American Actor/Producer
Paul Douglas: American Actor
Barbara Bel Geddes: American Actress
Jack Palance: American Actor
Zero Mostel: American Stage/Film Actor
Dan Riss: Character Actor\1950's
Alexis Minotis: 
Tommy Cook: American Actor

Elia Kazan: Director/screenwriter, ON THE WATERFRONT

Sol C. Siegel: American Producer

Richard Murphy: American Screenwriter/Director
Daniel Fuchs: Screenwriter, Source Writer, Novelist, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME

Alfred Newman: Composer/Conductor/D.1970

Harmon Jones: Director/Editor/1950s

"...Zero Mostel is good as a creep; so is killer Jack Palance..."
"[A] great 1950 Elia Kazan thriller with gritty doc-style toughness..."
"[A] riveting action thriller, which makes great use of its New Orleans location."
"...Kazan's tough, trim PANIC is a kind of virus noir..." -- Rating: B+
"The filmmakers use their locations well and never let the sense of urgency dissipate."