
About
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 of...
Cast

Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren

Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed

Jack Palance
Blackie

Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch

Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother

Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)

Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
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Lists
#118 on 500 Essential Cult Movies Jennifer Eiss
250 Quintessential Noir Films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
Awards
Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story