Panic in the Streets (1950)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Elia Kazan

Escritores:

Richard Murphy (screenplay)
Daniel Fuchs (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 junio 1950 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Cine Negro | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Doctor | Illegal Immigrant | Epidemic | Autopsy

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

excellent drama

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15

3:45 AM

AMC

Reparto

Richard Widmark	...	Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul Douglas	...	Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes	...	Nancy Reed
Jack Palance	...	Blackie (as Walter Jack Palance)
Zero Mostel	...	Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss	...	Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook	...	Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

También conocida como:

Outbreak (USA) (working title)
Pánico en las calles (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

96 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Mandarin

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #14313)

Locaciones de Filmación:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

Jack Palance's feature film debut.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: When Blackie and Fitch slide down a pile of coffee bags there is a crew member reclined on the pile they climb over on their way to escape

Citas:

Nancy Reed: If there's a plague here, you're the most important guy in this town.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Temperatures Rising: Panic in the Sheets (#1.20)" (1973)

excellent drama

When plague breaks out in New Orleans, it's Richard Widmark to the rescue in "Panic in the Streets," one of the lesser-celebrated films of the great Elia Kazan. Kazan keeps the pace brisk, and there are lots of marvelous touches - the scenes between Widmark and Barbara Bel Geddes, who plays his wife and the scene in the police station show family life and work life and the relationships of average citizens, which is in sharp contrast to the lives and relationships of the low-lifes, portrayed by a menacing Jack Palance, his weak yes man, Zero Mostel, Tommy Cook, and Louis Charles. There are also some interesting visuals - Palance has a couple of scenes with actors who seem to come up to his knees in height.

The acting is marvelous and the dialogue sharp if the story isn't quite up to the direction and performances. It has a few questionable aspects which will be spotted by the viewer quite easily. That aside, it's well worth viewing. Kazan was a masterful director.