A touch underdeveloped?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Panic in the Streets
ashleyallinson — 19 years ago(March 23, 2007 06:41 AM)
Not really a criticism, but did anyone else find that the idea of Palance being a people-smuggler a little underdevloped? I mean, this is presumably the reason why Palance paniced and started shooting at cops, but hinting at this element a little more in the dialogue might have made things a touch clearer. Also, drop the literal dead-weight of your buddy, buddy.
Anyway, like the plaugue-carryig rat he was, he got his. A good one that predates On The Waterfront's longshoreman realism. -
jim6263 — 16 years ago(November 15, 2009 07:49 AM)
Perhaps a good take-off point for a sequel had the villain not been caught, but no; public health is a greater risk in the story, so that carries crime temporarily less weight. Palances's character is fully developed, and superbly rendered.