| Genre: | Sci-Fi Thriller |
| Director: | Sheldon Larry |
| Screenplay: | I. C. Rapoport |
| Starring: | Kate Jackson |
| Executive Producer: | Steven Levitan Lynn Raynor Edgar J. Scherick |
| Producer: | Paul Saltzman Sheldon Larry |
| Location: | Los Angeles New York City Toronto |
| Music: | Marty Simon |
| Cinematography: | Ron Orieux |
| Editor: | David Rosenbloom |
| Company: | CTV Television Network Libra Pictures Saban International Saban/Scherick Productions Sunrise Films Téléfilm Canada |
| Network: | CBS |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | United States Canada |
| Language: | English |
Quiet Killer is a 1992 American-Canadian made-for-television medical disaster film directed by Sheldon Larry. The thriller, based on the 1977 novel The Black Death by Gwyneth Cravens and John S. Marr[1] and adapted by I. C. Rapoport, stars Kate Jackson and was originally broadcast on CBS. The film was released on VHS under the title Black Death.
When Sara Dobbs (Robertson), the teenage daughter of a wealthy New York City family returns home while feeling sick, nobody suspects a thing. At home, her health deteriorates quickly, resulting in a painful death on the streets before her Manhattan home. In the hospital, it does not take long before Dr. Nora Hart (Jackson) concludes that Sara has died of the Black Death, which has not occurred in centuries. Realizing that the disease is extremely contagious, she tries to push the authorities to warn the New York citizens, but the Mayor is reluctant to cause a widespread panic. Meanwhile, more citizens who have been in direct contact with Sara start to perish. Nora and her new colleague Dr. Jake Prescott (Nordling)—whom she becomes romantically involved with—start a race against the clock to locate and treat all the people who might be infected, while trying to prevent the city from panicking. In the end, Nora is successful in finding everyone who is infected, and treats most of them successfully. Within a week, a pandemic is ended after 22 deaths.