Wednesday, 3 December 2014

No Panic

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Directed by Elia Kazan this film stars Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes and Jack Palance. A military doctor and a police captain work together to try and hunt down the first cases of plague in New Orleans.

There is not much panic involved in the plot of this film as the characters actually do a pretty good job of stopping a potential disaster. In the end this is a pedestrian effort that does not really get carried away with things or have very high stakes. The direction is not exactly impressive and all in all this is a very middle of the road film


3/5

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