Overview
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
Cast
- Richard Widmark as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
- Paul Douglas as Capt. Tom Warren
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Nancy Reed
- Jack Palance as Blackie
- Zero Mostel as Raymond Fitch
- Dan Riss as Neff - Newspaper Reporter
- Tommy Cook as Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
- Wilson Bourg Jr. as Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
- Beverly C. Brown as Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)
- Lewis Charles as Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)