Thriller Crime
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.
Directed by
Elia Kazan
Written by
John Lee Mahin, Philip Yordan
Jack Palance
Blackie
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Emile Meyer
Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Reed (uncredited)
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Alex Minotis
John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Lenka Peterson
Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Guy Thomajan
Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)
Red Nichols
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Paul Hostetler
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Edward Kennedy
Jordan (uncredited)
Mary Liswood
Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)
Henry Mamet
Anson (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh
Bosun on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Ruth Moore Mathews
Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)
Rex Moad
Wynant (uncredited)
Ray Müller
Dubin (uncredited)
Waldo Pitkin
Ben (uncredited)
Stanley J. Reyes
Redfield (uncredited)
John Schilleci
Lee (uncredited)
Al Theriot
Al (uncredited)
Arthur Tong
Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)
H.T. Tsiang
Cook on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Irvine Vidacovich
Johnston (uncredited)
Juan Villasana
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Pat Walshe
Pat - Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Val Winter
Commissioner Dan Quinn (uncredited)
Leo Zinser
Sgt. Phelps (uncredited)
Aline Stevens
Rita Mefaris (uncredited)
Michael Audley
Til Gabani

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