Overview
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.
DirectorElia Kazan
ProducersSol C. Siegel
WritersJohn Lee Mahin, Philip Yordan
ScreenplayRichard Murphy
Top Casts

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)

Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Details
LanguageMandarin, Greek, English
Production companies20th Century Fox
TaglineTHE SCREEN'S GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE YEAR!