

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.
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Cast

Richard Widmark
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

Paul Douglas
Capt. Tom Warren

Barbara Bel Geddes
Nancy Reed

Jack Palance
Blackie

Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch

Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)
Beverly C. Brown
Dr. Mackey - Board of Health (uncredited)

Lewis Charles
Kochak - Murder Victim (uncredited)
Herman Cottman
Officer Scott - Police Lab (uncredited)
John David
Fruit Salesman (uncredited)
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