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Drama
Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femme fatales and moral conflict.
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
USA / English
| Paul Douglas | New Orleans Police Captain Tom Warren |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | Nancy Reed |
| Richard Widmark | Lieutenant Commander Dr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed U.S. Public Health Service |
| Jack Palance | Blackie |
| Zero Mostel | Raymond Fitch |
| Dan Riss | Neff, Newspaper Reporter |
| Tommy Cook | Vince Poldi, Younger Brother |
| Wilson Bourg Jr. | Charlie, Sailor |
| Beverly C. Brown | Dr. Mackey, New Orleans Board of Health |
| Lewis Charles | Kochak, murder victim |
| H. Waller Fowler Jr. |
| Director | Elia Kazan |
| Producer | Sol C. Siegel |
| Writer | Richard Murphy; Edna Anhalt; Edward Anhalt |
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
| Edition Details | |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox |
| Edition | Fox Film Noir |
| Barcode | 024543148586 |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Release Date | 3/15/2005 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Standard 1.33:1 B&W |
| Subtitles | English; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Layers | Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
| Personal Details | |
| Purchase Price | $14.98 |
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| COMMENTARY - by authors and historians James Ursini and Alain Silver THEATRICAL TRAILER |