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.
Richard Widmark | Lt. Cmdr. Clinton Reed | |
Paul Douglas | Capt. Tom Warren | |
Barbara Bel Geddes | Nancy Reed | |
Jack Palance | Blackie | |
Zero Mostel | Raymond Fitch | |
Dan Riss | Neff | |
Tommy Cook | Vince Poldi | |
Wilson Bourg Jr. | Charlie | |
Beverly C. Brown | Dr. Mackey | |
Lewis Charles | Kolchak | |
Herman Cottman | Officer Scott | |
John David | Fruit Salesman | |
William A. Dean | Cortelyou | |
Robert Dorsen | Coast Guard Lieutenant | |
George Ehmig | Kleber | |
H. Waller Fowler Jr. | Mayor Murray | |
Darwin Greenfield | Violet | |
Paul Hostetler | Lt. Paul Gaffney | |
Elia Kazan | Cleaver | |
Edward Kennedy | Jordan | |
Mary Liswood | Angie Fitch | |
Henry Mamet | Anson | |
Tiger Joe Marsh | Bosun on Nile Queen | |
Ruth Moore Mathews | Mrs. Dubin | |
Emile Meyer | Capt. Beauclyde |
Director | Elia Kazan | |
Writer | Richard Murphy, Daniel Fuchs, Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, John Lee Mahin, Philip Yordan | |
Producer | Sol C. Siegel | |
Musician | Alfred Newman | |
Photography | Joseph MacDonald |