Quicksand

• 6.1 Crime
• 1950-03-24
• 79 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Irving Pichel

Writer:

Robert Smith