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.
- Created by
- Elia Kazan
- Origin
- US
- TMDB rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 168 votes
Cast
Richard WidmarkLt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul DouglasCapt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel GeddesNancy Reed
Jack PalanceBlackie
Zero MostelRaymond Fitch
Dan RissNeff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy CookVince Poldi - Younger Brother- Wilson Bourg Jr.Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
- Beverly C. BrownDr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis CharlesKochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
