Quicksand

Mar 24, 1950

1h 19m

★ 6.0

A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!

Overview

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

Quicksand Trailers

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Cast

Daniel 'Dan' Brady

Mickey Rooney

Vera Novak

Jeanne Cagney

Helen Calder

Barbara Bates

Nick Dramoshag

Peter Lorre

Harvey

Taylor Holmes

Oren Mackey

Art Smith

Chuck Davis

Wally Cassell

Lt. Nelson

Richard Lane

Millie

Patsy O'Connor

Moriarity

John Gallaudet

Landlady

Minerva Urecal

Shorty

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