Panic in the Streets | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

It has not only a particularly good story, but a sharpness and flexibility of observation in the writing and handling that occasionally makes it more than a melodrama about a city under the threat of plague.

An intelligent renewal of the thriller form, in which the plot unfolds hand in hand with the spreading of a plague.

If you are n fingernail chewer, the excitement and suspense of this film will have you eating your nails down to the knuckle.

It is a blend of suspense and violence built around the 48-hour battle of the United States Public Health Service to forestall a pnumonic plague outbreak in a large city. It is the work of that master of melodrama, Elia Kazan, whose direction is expert.