Panic in Echo Park

1977 "Fight the power!"
5.2| 1h12m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 23 June 1977 Released
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A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.

Genre

Drama, TV Movie

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Director

John Llewellyn Moxey

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Panic in Echo Park Audience Reviews

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Space_Mafune PANIC IN ECHO PARK basically features an heroic black doctor (Dorian Harewood) going up against white corruption in Los Angeles when he discovers who was really behind water in a local downtown building becoming polluted leading to a contagion at his hospital. This TV movie also has a "fight the powers that be" theme underlying it. Not bad of its type.
budikavlan Good showcase for the grievously underappreciated Dorian Harewood as a young doctor fighting entrenched power to uncover and defeat an epidemic in a poor neighborhood. You can guess how most of this goes: the young, handsome doctor is loved by those around him, he realizes there's an epidemic, he has to go around making increasingly impassioned speeches to bureaucrats and older superiors who discount his theories, etc. And don't forget the happy ending with everyone smiling at each other. It's a lot like many episodes of "Quincy" (except for the handsome part) and many other movies from the Seventies, but this one is pretty well done. It beats fishing shows, infomercials, and hicks turning left (aka NASCAR) for Sunday afternoon viewing, at any rate.