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.
Cast
Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed
Jack Palance
Blackie
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch
Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter
Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
William A. Dean
Cortelyou (uncredited)
Robert Dorsen
Coast Guard Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Ehmig
Kleber - Medical Examiner Technician (uncredited)
H. Waller Fowler Jr.
Mayor Murray (uncredited)
Paul Hostetler
Lt. Paul Gafney M.D. - Public Health Service (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Cleaver - Mortuary Assistant (uncredited)
Edward Kennedy
Jordan (uncredited)
Mary Liswood
Angie Fitch - Raymond's Wife (uncredited)
Henry Mamet
Anson (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh
Bosun on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Ruth Moore Mathews
Mrs. Dubin (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
Capt. Beauclyde - Master of Nile Queen (uncredited)
Alex Minotis
John Mefaris - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Rex Moad
Wynant (uncredited)
Ray Müller
Dubin (uncredited)
Lenka Peterson
Jeanette - Charlie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Waldo Pitkin
Ben (uncredited)
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Reed (uncredited)
Stanley J. Reyes
Redfield (uncredited)
John Schilleci
Lee (uncredited)
Al Theriot
Al (uncredited)
Guy Thomajan
Poldi - Blackie's Flunky (uncredited)
Arthur Tong
Lascar Boy on Nile Queen (uncredited)
H.T. Tsiang
Cook on Nile Queen (uncredited)
Irvine Vidacovich
Johnston (uncredited)
Juan Villasana
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Pat Walshe
Pat - Newspaper Peddler (uncredited)
Val Winter
Commissioner Dan Quinn (uncredited)
Leo Zinser
Sgt. Phelps (uncredited)
Aline Stevens
Rita Mefaris (uncredited)
Crew
Elia Kazan
Director
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Philip Yordan
Writer
Daniel Fuchs
Adaptation
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Edna Anhalt
Story
Edward Anhalt
Story
Harmon Jones
Editor
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston
Assistant Director
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Til Gabani
Camera Operator
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Master
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Coordinator, Wardrobe Designer
Travilla
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
W.D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Michael Audley
Dialogue Coach
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Joseph C. Behm
Production Manager
Lyman Hallowell
Editorial Staff
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Bernard Mayers
Orchestrator
Red Nichols
Orchestrator
Benny Carter
Orchestrator
Ernie Felice
Orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
