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Panic in the Streets (1950) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Panic in the Streets (1950) a score of 2.7883 out of 4

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Empire Magazine [UK]

An underrated cracker....read the complete Panic in the Streets (1950) review at Empire Magazine [UK]

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filmcritic.com

In swampy New Orleans, a harried government health officer (Richard Widmark) tracks down two thieves (the inimitable Jack Palance and Zero Mostel) who are carrying a form of bubonic plague. A series of encounters lead our hero closer to the duo while...read the complete Panic in the Streets (1950) review at filmcritic.com

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Slant Magazine - DVD Review

Elia Kazan's 1950 film noir, in which the noir element refers not to the darkness at the heart of humanity (or at least the female of the species) but instead a potential outbreak of pneumonic Black Death plague in New Orleans, Panic in the Streets is...read the complete Panic in the Streets (1950) review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review