give it time of release and the story that unravel in 1950 thriller panic in the street be hardly a surprise . the corpse of a mysterious illegal immigrant be find and pass off a a nobody until further examination from a public health inspector who claim the corpse carry a strain of bubonic plague . yet with the current drama in the world today and this strangely help this film in appear credible for today viewer . the cast and crew be flawless . richard widmark in his first role follow his breakthrough performance in night and the city and jack palance in his chilling film debut and also star in this film be paul douglas and a young ( and rather cute ) barbara bel geddes . a whole slew of uncredited and non professional actor ( typical of director kazan ) fill in the remain slot . elia kazan directs and joe macdonald film ( he would later work with richard widmark again in 1953 much superior pickup on south street ) and the great alfred newman score it . nearly everyone involve here have do good work and panic in the street be quite the rewarding watch and nonetheless . especially for the film noir enthusiast .