Quicksand

Quicksand

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

NR 1950 · 79 min · ★ 6.1 · Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by Irving Pichel · Written by Robert Smith

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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
Sidney Marion Shorty

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