The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York is a 1950 black-and-white film noir starring Evelyn Keyes. The film, shot 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 the previous year. The story is taken from a Cosmopolitan magazine article. It was shot on location in New York City. Arriving at New York City's Pen... more

The Killer That Stalked New York is a 1950 black-and-white film noir starring Evelyn Keyes. The film, shot 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 the previous year. The story is taken from a Cosmopolitan magazine article. It was shot on location in New York City. Arriving at New York City's Pennsylvania Station after a trip to Cuba, Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes), who is smuggling $50,000 worth of diamonds into the country, realizes she's being followed by the authorities. She mails the diamonds to her husband, Matt Krane (Charles Korvin), instead of carrying them around, and then tries to shake the Treasury agent following her. Feeling sick, Shelia nearly faints on the street, so a cop takes her to a local clinic. While there, she enounters a little girl and inadvertently infects her. Shelia is misdiagnosed as having a common cold,... less