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)
Cast
Evelyn Keyes
USA
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Charles Korvin
Austria-Hungary
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William Bishop
USA
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Dorothy Malone
USA
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Lola Albright
USA
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Barry Kelley
USA
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Carl Benton Reid
USA
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Whit Bissell
USA
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Richard Egan
USA
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Ray Walker
USA
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Jim Backus
USA
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Paul Picerni
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Roy Roberts
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Peter Brocco
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Norman Leavitt
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Frances Morris
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Art Smith
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Connie Gilchrist
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Gail Bonney
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Merrill McCormick
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