Panic in the Streets (1950)

Name: Panic in the Streets
Released: 1950

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.

Genres: Thriller, Crime

What to watch after Panic in the Streets

Kiss of Death (1947) — Same subject: film noir
No Way Out (1950) — Richard Widmark appears in both
Boomerang! (1947) — Elia Kazan directed both
The Enforcer (1951) — Same feel: suspenseful, realistic
D.O.A. (1949)
Sudden Fear (1952) — Jack Palance appears in both