Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Full frame format (aspect ratio 1.33:1). Special features include: Commentary by authors and historians James Ursini and Alain Silver ; theatrical trailer.
Main titles -- "Ain't no good for me" -- Just another stiff -- A short day off -- The spread of the plague -- I got rights! -- On deaf ears -- I got a hunch -- Fifty bucks -- The Nile queen -- Never seen him before -- Your lie killed her! -- A scoop for Neff -- Someone to help -- Plague, politics and the public -- Looking for the wrong thing.
Cinematographer, Joe MacDonald ; editor, Harmon Jones ; music, Alfred Newman. Cinematographer, Joe MacDonald ; editor, Harmon Jones ; music, Alfred Newman.
Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel.
One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. When Dr. Reed confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague he must find and inoculate the killers.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo., Dolby digital mono.
English (stereo or mono) and Spanish (mono) language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Murder--Drama. Public health personnel--Drama. Vaccination--Drama. Plague--Drama. Plague. Plague Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control Homicide Peste. Murder. Plague. Public health personnel. Vaccination.
Louisiana
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