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"THE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!". One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...
Movie rating: 7.2 / 10 (7989)
Directed by: Richard Murphy - Elia Kazan - Daniel Fuchs - Edna Anhalt
Writer credits: Richard Murphy - Daniel Fuchs
Cast: Richard Widmark - Paul Douglas - Barbara Bel Geddes - Jack Palance - Zero Mostel
AKA: Outbreak, Port of Entry, Pánico en las calles
