The Juiciest Bits

Panic! In the Streets (Kazan 1950)


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In this episode, we discuss Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950), starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, and Barbara Bel Geddes. Big surprise, we talk about gender issues, but we also talk about other things, like race and immigration! While probably more of you have seen Kazan's more famous banger, On the Waterfront (1954), Kazan really liked this one, and so do we. It's also Jack Palance's first feature film, which is wild because it seems like he has just always been a rugged and creepy old man. But, in this, he's a rugged and creepy young man! Enjoy!

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The Juiciest BitsBy Mandy Elliott and Charlie Barber