Quicksand (1950)
A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!
79 min
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.
- Release date
- March 24, 1950
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Dan
- Jeanne Cagney as Vera
- Barbara Bates as Helen
- Peter Lorre as Nick
- Taylor Holmes as Harvey
- Art Smith as Mackey
- Wally Cassell as Chuck
- Richard Lane as Lt. Nelson
- Patsy O'Connor as Millie
- John Gallaudet as Moriarity
Crew
- Irving Pichel · Director
- Robert Smith · Writer
- Mort Briskin · Producer
- Louis Gruenberg · Composer
- Lionel Lindon · Cinematographer
- Walter Thompson · Editor
- Boris Leven · Production designer