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Quicksand

Quicksand
★ 6.1/10•1950•1h 19m•NR•Crime•Thriller

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

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.

Robert Smith · Screenplay

Irving Pichel · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 19m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 24, 1950

Actors

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Daniel 'Dan' Brady

Jeanne Cagney

Jeanne Cagney

Vera Novak

Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates

Helen Calder

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Nick Dramoshag

Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes

Harvey

Art Smith

Art Smith

Oren Mackey

Wally Cassell

Wally Cassell

Chuck Davis

Richard Lane

Richard Lane

Lt. Nelson

Patsy O'Connor

Patsy O'Connor

Millie

John Gallaudet

John Gallaudet

Moriarity

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Landlady

Sidney Marion

Shorty

Jimmie Dodd

Jimmie Dodd

Buzz

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Baldy

Kitty O'Neil

Madame Zaronga

Frank Marlowe

Frank Marlowe

Watchman

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