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Where's the DVD?, Mai 23 2004
This is a superb documentary-like film noir with a great director, cinematographer and cast. Fox, you licensed Criterion to create an outstanding DVD of Sam Fuller's "Pickup on South Street" (also featuring Widmark): please do us all a favor and do the same for this wonderful film!
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One of those "major classics less widely known today", Nov. 1 2002
Plague is loose in New Orleans, from a sailor who smuggled gems. Jack Palance and Zero Mostel, goons who got the disease (and the gems), are unaware of their infection and think the authorities pursue them for the emeralds. Richard Widmark, the no-nonsense public health doctor, doesn't want the story leaked because people would flee and carry the disease, with modern transport - "I could leave here and I could be in Africa tomorrow," he warns. Atmospheric of new Orleans - you can almost smell the humidity - and Blackie (Palance), with his edginess and his street network of contacts and informers of diverse shapes and sizes and colors, is memorable too. (This film took a long time to become available on VHS; let's hope it doesn't take as long for DVD.)
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Exciting Film Noir, Aoû 10 2002
When a man is found dead from a bullet wound in the steets of New Orleans, an autopsy reveals that he had bubonic plague. Now it's a race against time for the police and health officials to find the killers before they become contagious and spread the plague across the entire city.The idea of an epidemic threatening populations seems increasingly likely in this modern time. The spread of AIDS, Ebola, and the recent West Nile virus seem to flood our television screens every day. However, this film is probably just a disguised red scare allegory. The danger of the spread of disease, the way the police hound and interrogate people for information, all this reminds me of the Cold War paranoia sweeping America at the time of the film's release (1950) and the subsequent witch hunts. Appropriately, the director Elia Kazan would name names of suspected Communists before HUAC two years later. Zero Mostel, who played one of the gangsters and plague carriers, would be blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. Fortunately, one doesn't have to read deeply into this film as it is first and foremost an exciting and entertaining suspense thriller. It was shot entirely on location in New Orleans in black and white giving it a documentary feel. One can almost feel the sounds, tastes, and smells of New Orleans of the 1950s. Kazan considered it to be his first "real" film. One can easily believe it. Before PITS, Kazan had made well acted but stagy dramas. This film truly turned him into a real director, not just a stage director as were his roots. By the time he made "On the Waterfront", Kazan had fully mastered the cinematic techniques while still managing to get great performances from his entire cast. Highly reccomended for any fan of action films, gangster dramas, and film noir.
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Top Notch, Timely Thriller, Juil 3 2002
This is one of the most unjustly forgotten thrillers of the 1950's, especially considering the talent involved. Widmark and Douglas are both great as the public health official and police officer who are in a literally life-and-death race to locate carriers of pneumonic plague before the disease can hit the general populace of New Orleans. The aftermath of 9/11 has given this fifty-two-year-old thriller an incredible immediacy. The villians are a memorable lot, headed by a young pre-"Shane" Jack Palance and abetted by Zero Mostel. Look for Barbara Bel Geddes ("Dallas") and young Tommy Rettig ("The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" and "Lassie") as Widmark's wife and son.
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total entertainment, Jui 14 2002
This is a picture about a man (Jack Palance) smuggled off of a ship and has the plague.
A polieceman and a doctor (Paul Douglas and Richard Widmark) have their work cut out as they search high and low through the streets of New Orleans to contain the disease and catch Palance before everything gets out of hand.
Acting,music and directing are all fives.
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A noir classic, Mai 16 1999
Somewhat overlooked in the filmography of Elia Kazan, "Panic in the Streets" is nonetheless a riveting, atmospheric thriller that is among the best film noirs. The cast is flawless with Richard Widmark in one of his earliest good guy roles, and Jack Palance in one of his best turns as a villain.
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excellent casting , well plotted story, great photography, Janv. 29 1999
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The casting in this movie was fantastic. There are parts in this movie that are quite believable. The New Orleans setting adds greatly to this story. This movie is a combination of mystery, action and high emotions. It is a black and white film, and probably should remain this way to best dramatitize this film. This movie is a prime example of how excellent casting can make or break the effectiveness of a movie. Even if the story line is not of great interest to you, the acting quality and the filming is a quite a treat.
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Classic 50's, Nov. 29 1998
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"Panic in the Streets" is a great film for who stars in it as well as where it is filmed. The film is made without use of studio sets. It was filmed on location, interiors and exteriors in New Orleans. Jack Palance is at his evil best as "Blackie". Because this was filmed inside and out on location, it's a true slice of life from the early 50's. ENJOY.
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CDN$ 16.98 CDN$ 14.49
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