Directed by Earl McEvoy • 1950 • United States
Starring Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, Dorothy Malone
Based on a true story, this race-against-the-clock thriller follows the frantic efforts to stop a potentially deadly epidemic before it turns catastrophic. Jewel smuggler Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes) returns to New York from Cuba with $40,000 in stolen diamonds, as well as something even worse—a deadly case of smallpox. Trailed by both a treasury agent (Barry Kelley) and a public-health doctor (William Bishop), Sheila goes on the run, unknowingly spreading the disease across an unsuspecting town.
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