This is a tense, offbeat, and fairly absorbing drama.
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11/01/07
Panic in the Streets (1950)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:17
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance
Director: Elia Kazan
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Reviews for Panic in the Streets
1 - 18 (sorted by date)
There is vivid action, nice human touches and some bizarre moments. Jack Palance gives a sharp performance.
11/01/07
Top CriticFine Elia Kazan drama with Richard Widmark.
02/20/07
A classy thriller, much less laden with significance than most Kazan movies.
06/24/06
Performances by Richard Widmark and Jack Palance and the New Orleans settings distinguish this not-quite-noir.
10/21/05
An underrated cracker.
03/30/05
This comparably early Elia Kazan movie indicates just how prodigious his talents behind the camera could be.
03/27/05
...[features] an action-packed finale that's surprisingly tense.
03/27/05
Benefits immeasurably from a menacing turn by Jack Palance.
03/23/05
Tense and pulpy.
03/15/05
Realistic medical noir thriller.
12/19/04
No review available.
11/12/04
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09/03/04
No review available.
01/14/04
A premissa é interessante, mas é destruída pelo roteiro cheio de furos. Apesar de tudo, Jack Palance oferece um desempenho marcante em sua estréia no Cinema.
08/31/03
Dirty, sweaty and thrilling.
05/24/03
No review available.
07/30/02
[The] best and most neglected of Elia Kazan's early features.
01/01/00
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