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Quicksand(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-03-24
61%
40 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Samuel H. Stiefel Productions
Movie: Quicksand
Top 10 Billed 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
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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.
Release Date
1950-03-24
Average
6.1
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!
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