Radio review – Lux - “Panic in the Streets” (1951) **

Exciting sounding concept – a dead body fished out of the water is revealed to be infected with plague - but it’s dull – too many boring “hey it’s conflict” squabbling between Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas, too much boring domestic whingeing with Widmark’s family, not enough gangster stuff. The original at least had some New Orleans location filming which this doesn’t. I also get irritated by heroes determined to suppress information to the public.