The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
- Directed by
- Earl McEvoy
- Genre
- film noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman carrying smuggled diamonds spreads smallpox through New York City. Health officials and police race to contain the outbreak and find the source.
tensegrittysuspensefulurgentclinicaldocumentary-stylecold-war-era
What happens
The Killer That Stalked New York (also known as Frightened City) is a 1950 American film noir directed by Earl McEvoy and starring Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin and William Bishop. The film, shot on location and 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, as described in a story taken from a 1948 Cosmopolitan magazine article by Milton Lehman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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