USA,
1950, 79 min
Directed by:
Earl McEvoyScreenplay:
Harry EssexCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright, Barry Kelley, Carl Benton Reid, Whit Bissell, Richard Egan, Ray Walker, Jim Backus (more)Plots(1)
The film, shot in a semi-documentary style, is about diamond smugglers who unknowingly start a smallpox outbreak in the New York City of 1947. It is based on the real threat of a smallpox epidemic in the city the previous year. (official distributor synopsis)
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