Movie
Quicksand
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-03-24
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Samuel H. Stiefel Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
- Jeanne Cagney as Vera Novak
- Barbara Bates as Helen Calder
- Peter Lorre as Nick Dramoshag
- Taylor Holmes as Harvey
- Art Smith as Oren Mackey
- Wally Cassell as Chuck Davis
- Richard Lane as Lt. Nelson
- Patsy O'Connor as Millie
- John Gallaudet as Moriarity
- Minerva Urecal as Landlady
- Sidney Marion as Shorty
Crew
- Irving Pichel - Director
- Robert Smith - Screenplay
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