Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Winner of the 1950 Academy Award for writing (Best Motion Picture Story) & directed by Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront Street Car Named Desire) Panic In The Streets is a gripping & powerful crime story that builds relentlessly from beginning to its shattering end What begins as a simple homicide case turns into a race against an epidemic of death! An autopsy of a murdered man reveals he had the bubonic plague; now his killer must be found before he becomes contagious & begins spreading the deadly scourge It&s a nightmare manhunt through the seamy steamy underside of the New Orleans waterfront This classic crime melodrama features an all-star cast taut action & searing performances by Richard Widmark Jack Palance & Zero Mostel Palance is the cold-blooded killer who becomes a ticking time bomb Widmark is the public health service doctor who has 48 hours to find him