Los Angeles Times, 04/03/2005, p.E15, "[A] riveting action thriller, which makes great use of its New Orleans location."
Sight and Sound, 06/01/2005, p.86, "The filmmakers use their locations well and never let the sense of urgency dissipate."
Uncut, 05/01/2005, p.140, "[A] great 1950 Elia Kazan thriller with gritty doc-style toughness..."
Entertainment Weekly, 08/04/1995, pp.64-5, "...Kazan's tough, trim PANIC is a kind of virus noir..." -- Rating: B+
USA Today, 12/28/1990, p.3D, "...Zero Mostel is good as a creep; so is killer Jack Palance..."
Film debut for actor Jack Palance.
Shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Stereo - English
Mono - English & Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Alain Silver & Jame Ursini - Authors/Historians
Theatrical Trailer
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. Academy Award Nominations: Best Motion Picture Story.