About this episode
Finding yourself indoors with plenty of time to catch up on movies? Avoid the Panic in the Streets , and join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob as they analyze Hollywood portrayals of pandemics through the ages with a topical Viral Outbreak Retrospective. The seven part series begins in 1950 with an Oscar-winning film noir classic directed by Elia Kazan ( On The Waterfront ). Can public health official Richard Widmark quarantine city slicker Jack Palance before the mobster infects all of New Orleans with plague? Your cure for boredom is here when you give it a shot!