Quicksand (1950)1h19
Crime · Thriller
Director Irving Pichel
Also directed The Most Dangerous Game, Destination Moon, They Won't Believe Me, and 32 more
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.
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Cast
Mickey Rooney
Jeanne Cagney
Barbara Bates
Peter Lorre
Taylor Holmes
Art Smith
Wally Cassell
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