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.

Top Cast

Richard WidmarkLt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

Paul DouglasCapt. Tom Warren

Barbara Bel GeddesNancy Reed

Jack PalanceBlackie

Zero MostelRaymond Fitch

Dan RissNeff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy CookVince Poldi - Younger Brother

Wilson Bourg Jr.Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)