在这部围歼街头犯罪/黑色电影/惊悚片中,在新奥尔良的一个夜晚，流氓布莱基因为打牌和非法移民科查卡发生矛盾，于是伙同朋友枪杀了科查卡。尸体被发现后,公共卫生局的克林特·里德医生确定死者患有肺部疫病。为了防止大规模疫病的爆发，同时又不引起市民的恐慌，必须在四十八小时内秘密查找出所有与死者有过接触的人，克林特医生以及警察局长沃伦上校共同进行了紧迫的调查。而与此同时，布莱基怀疑同伙背叛自己，匪徒内部也出现了纠葛……
When a body is found in the New Orleans docks, it's pretty obvious that he died from gun shot wounds. The police surgeon notices that the man is also displaying other symptoms and Lt. Commander Clint Reed, a doctor with the U.S. Public Health Service, diagnoses a highly contagious disease, pneumonic plague. He tries to convince local officials to find everyone who may have been in contact with the dead man. The Mayor supports his efforts but many, including the police, are doubtful. Reed wants to avoid publicity so as not to panic the public. They have little information to go on - they don't know the dead man's identity - and Reed estimates they have 48 hours before disease begins to spread. With police Capt. Tom Warren going through the motions, Reed sets out to find the killers.
定位模糊的拍摄。孤胆英雄,周旋于各色人等之间。公共恐慌。
