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Panic in the Streets

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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
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 city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway. Academy... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel

Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Screenwriter: Richard Murphy, Daniel Fuchs
Composer: Alfred Newman

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 15, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Stereo - English
  • Mono - English & Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Alain Silver & Jame Ursini - Authors/Historians
  • Theatrical Trailer

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This is a tense, offbeat, and fairly absorbing drama.

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11/01/07 01:43 PM
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There is vivid action, nice human touches and some bizarre moments. Jack Palance gives a sharp performance.

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11/01/07 01:42 PM
Variety Staff
Variety
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Fine Elia Kazan drama with Richard Widmark.

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02/20/07 08:28 PM
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
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A classy thriller, much less laden with significance than most Kazan movies.

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06/24/06 03:36 AM
Tom Milne
Time Out
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Performances by Richard Widmark and Jack Palance and the New Orleans settings distinguish this not-quite-noir.

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10/21/05 03:49 PM
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com
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An underrated cracker.

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03/30/05 10:15 PM
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
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This comparably early Elia Kazan movie indicates just how prodigious his talents behind the camera could be.

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03/27/05 10:16 PM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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...[features] an action-packed finale that's surprisingly tense.

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03/27/05 10:16 PM
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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Benefits immeasurably from a menacing turn by Jack Palance.

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03/23/05 06:23 PM
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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Tense and pulpy.

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03/15/05 05:29 PM
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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Realistic medical noir thriller.

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12/19/04 07:41 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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11/12/04 12:53 AM
Emanuel Levy
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09/03/04 12:24 PM
Frank Swietek
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01/14/04 03:55 PM
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)
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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.

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08/31/03 12:20 AM
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Dirty, sweaty and thrilling.

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05/24/03 08:14 AM
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07/30/02 10:20 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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[The] best and most neglected of Elia Kazan's early features.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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