Released:
1950-07-27

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.

Director:
Elia Kazan

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Thriller, Crime

• 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