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.
Zero Mostel
Raymond Fitch

Dan Riss
Neff - Newspaper Reporter

Tommy Cook
Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
Wilson Bourg Jr.
Charlie - Sailor (uncredited)