Quicksand
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.
- Production
- Samuel H. Stiefel Productions
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Cast
Mickey Rooney
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
Jeanne Cagney
Vera Novak
Barbara Bates
Helen Calder
Peter Lorre
Nick Dramoshag
Taylor Holmes
Harvey
Art Smith
Oren Mackey
Wally Cassell
Chuck Davis
Richard Lane
Lt. Nelson
Patsy O'Connor
Millie
John Gallaudet
Moriarity
Minerva Urecal
Landlady
Jimmie Dodd
Buzz
Lester Dorr
Baldy
Frank Marlowe
Watchman
Ray Teal
Motorcycle Officer
Red Nichols
Red Nichols
Crew
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Writers
- Robert Smith
- Producers
- Samuel H. Stiefel,Mort Briskin
- Cinematography
- Lionel Lindon
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CinemaSerf
December 27, 2022
Mickey Rooney is rather convincing as a naive young mechanic who pinches $20 from his employer so he can impress his gold-digging girlfriend on a date. Soon, though, the debt spirals out of control as he falls foul of the authorities, his employer and a particularly odious Peter Lorre ("Nick") and is soon being chased by the police for murder. It's been done on a shoestring, but the ending is exciting, if a little cheesy and contrived. The characters are interesting and well hung together and ma…