The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEarl McEvoy
Screenplay byHarry Essex
Based on"Smallpox, the Killer That Stalks New York"
1948 Cosmopolitan article
by Milton Lehman
Produced byRobert Cohn
StarringEvelyn Keyes
Charles Korvin
William Bishop
Narrated byReed Hadley
CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc
(as Joseph Biroc)
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byHans J. Salter
(as Hans Salter)
Production
company
Robert Cohn Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 1, 1950 (1950-12-01) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
76 minutes
(Encore-Mystery Library Print)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

  1. ^ "The Killer That Stalked New York," Turner Classic Movies Film Article by Jeff Stafford [1]