Panic In The Streets screens Friday, July 10, at 6 p.m. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St in Arcata. Box office opens 15 minutes  prior to screening. Matinees before 6 p.m. are $4 and movies starting after 6 p.m. cost $5. 

Panic in the Streets (1950) is a semi-documentary film noir directed by Elia Kazan, shot exclusively on location in New Orleans, Louisiana and featuring numerous New Orleans citizens in speaking and non-speaking roles. The film tells the story of Clinton Reed, an officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (played by Richard Widmark) and a police captain (Paul Douglas) who have only a day or two in which to prevent an epidemic of bubonic plague after Reed determines a waterfront homicide victim is an index case. Co-stars include Barbara Bel Geddes (as Reed’s wife Nancy), Jack Palance (in his film debut) and Zero Mostel — the latter two play associates of the victim who had prompted the investigation.  Panic in the Streets won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt in 1951. 96 min.