One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...
Elenco: Richard Widmark , Paul Douglas , Barbara Bel Geddes , Jack Palance , Zero Mostel , Dan Riss , Tommy Cook , Wilson Bourg Jr. , Beverly C. Brown , Lewis Charles , Herman Cottman , John David , William A. Dean , Robert Dorsen , George Ehmig , H. Waller Fowler Jr. , Darwin Greenfield , Paul Hostetler , Elia Kazan , Edward Kennedy , Mary Liswood , Henry Mamet , Tiger Joe Marsh , Ruth Moore Mathews , Emile Meyer , Alex Minotis , Rex Moad , Ray Müller , Lenka Peterson , Waldo Pitkin , Tommy Rettig , Stanley J. Reyes , John Schilleci , Aline Stevens , Al Theriot , Guy Thomajan , Arthur Tong , H.T. Tsiang , Irvine Vidacovich , Juan Villasana , Pat Walshe , Val Winter , Leo Zinser .