The Killer That Stalked New York Page #4

Synopsis: Sheila Bennett returns to New York from Cuba, carrying $40,000 worth of smuggled diamonds...and smallpox, which could start a devastating epidemic in the unprotected city. Treasury agent Johnson loses her but keeps doggedly on the trail; while Public Health doctor Wood searches in vain for the unknown person spreading the deadly disease far and wide. Meanwhile, the increasingly ill Sheila is only concerned with her faithless husband Matt, who plans to abscond with the diamonds...
Director(s): Earl McEvoy
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.4
PASSED
Year:
1950
79 min
102 Views


in Washington finishes testing.

Funny. A hospital

for communicable diseases,

yet we had to send out to make the tests.

As a matter of fact, there are only

two or three labs in the entire country

that have specialized personnel to do it.

It's an immensely complicated procedure.

Keep them crossed.

Smallpox in New York City. Wow!

I'll never forget one smallpox epidemic

in China in 1902.

Spread like a swarm of hornets and as fast.

Killed half a million people

before we knew what was happening.

When I hear of a single case of smallpox,

even in Timbuktu,

I break out in a cold sweat.

But in New York City!

Keep your fingers crossed, General.

- Maybe the test will be negative.

- It's ready, sir.

It's positive. Smallpox.

What's the mortality rate?

One out of three die?

Yeah. And if you live,

you look like this.

Get me the Commissioner of Health,

New York City.

We're up against a disease that spreads

like wildfire. A plague out of the Dark Ages.

Somewhere in the city is the cause,

and every second it takes to find it

means that much more spread.

That's why we've got to work fast, Mr. Skrip.

I want anyone who even remotely

had contact with the child vaccinated.

That means everybody in the building

where she lived, where she went to school,

where her parents worked.

I'm depending on your staff of investigators

to locate these people.

How many vaccination teams

can you throw in, Dr. Penner?

- Ten, so far.

- Investigators?

About 40.

Use every means short of a gun

to get cooperation.

Anyone not vaccinated

is liable to get the disease.

If they still refuse to submit,

tell them what they face.

A thousand ugly sores breaking through

and a fever that burns its victims to death.

You better get started.

Commissioner, what do you want to do

about the papers?

They'll be asking questions.

Better keep it out of the papers

for a while, Mr. James.

- We've got enough for now without panic.

- Yes, sir.

How much do you know

about Walda's family?

They came in from a mining town

a few months ago.

History of poverty and neglected health.

That's why I insisted the girl

be sent into the hospital.

In a sense, I feel responsible

for what's happened to her.

You did your job.

I'm putting you in charge, Dr. Wood.

It's your neighborhood that's been attacked.

Somewhere in Walda's family and

circle of friends is a person with smallpox.

Find that person

and we stop the disease in its tracks.

Good morning.

Well, got something for you today.

Mr. Krane. Mr. Krane,

how about that cheese special?

Look, it comes in a painted glass and when

it's empty, it goes right in your kitchen.

- Talk to my wife about it.

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Harry Essex

Harry Essex (November 29, 1910 – February 5, 1997) was an American screenwriter and director in feature films and television. Born and raised in New York City, his career spanned more than fifty years. more…

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