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Quicksand is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Pichel released in USA on 24 march 1950 with Mickey Rooney

Quicksand (1950)

Quicksand
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Released in USA 24 march 1950
Length 1h19
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime,    Romance
Rating65% 3.295723.295723.295723.295723.29572

Quicksand is a 1950 film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a story about a garage mechanic's descent into crime. Directed by Irving Pichel, then under the shadow of HUAC and soon to be blacklisted, the film has been described as "film noir in a teacup... a pretty nifty little picture" in which Rooney "cast himself against his Andy Hardy goody goody image."

Synopsis

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney). 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, each of his misdeeds more serious than the last.

Actors

Mickey Rooney

(Daniel 'Dan' Brady)Jeanne Cagney

(Vera Novak)Barbara Bates

(Helen Calder)Peter Lorre

(Nick Dramoshag)Art Smith

(Oren Mackey)
And :
Wally Cassell
Minerva Urecal
Richard Lane
John Gallaudet
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