PRINCETON — The next installment in the Widmark Wednesday film series begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Princeton Public Library, 698 E. Peru St.

Richard Widmark stars in a 1950 film noir drama with Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Zero Mostel and Jack Palance in his first film role.

Filmed on location in New Orleans, the movie follows a public health service officer (Widmark) and police captain (Douglas) as they search the waterfront to locate underworld figures infected with pneumonic plague before a full-scale epidemic erupts.