Quicksand

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

Mar 24 1950 Approved 1h 19m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new restaurant cashier Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a mink coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer with plans to repay it the next day. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into financial difficulties that lead to bigger crimes as everyone he meets is out for themselves.

Written by

Robert Smith

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Cast

Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
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Scores
# of Votes
2,814
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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