Phoenix Classics - New Orleans Season: Panic In The Streets

Name: Phoenix Classics - New Orleans Season: Panic In The Streets
Genre: Film-Noir Thriller
Released: 2026-02-08
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tommy Cook, Jack Palance

The Big Easy. The Crescent City. NOLA. Nawlins. Whichever way you have it, there’s nowhere quite like New Orleans. It’s a city of incomparably rich cultural history, fuelled by a musical scene that lives in the streets as much as it does in the bars lining Frenchman Street. As such, it makes for a singular cinematic backdrop, instilling a character of its own that’s impossible to recreate on studio backlots. We took a look back across some 70 years of depictions of New Orleans on film, picking out some of the best. "Panic in the Streets" (1950) directed by Elia Kazan follows Dr. Clint Reed, played by Richard Widmark, who discovers that a murder victim has died from pneumonic plague. With only 48 hours to locate the killer and prevent a potential epidemic, Reed teams up with police detective Tom Warren (Paul Douglas) to track down the killer and anyone who may have been exposed to the disease. The urgency of their mission is heightened by the need to keep the public unaware of the outbreak to prevent mass panic.Film-Noir ThrillerPT2H5MPG2026-02-08

Richard Widmark

Paul Douglas

Barbara Bel Geddes

Tommy Cook

Jack Palance

Zero Mostel

Dan Riss

Elia Kazan

Phoenix Classics - New Orleans Season: Panic In The Streets"Phoenix Classics - New Orleans Season: Panic In The Streets"

Showtimes

February 8, 1:00 pm