Quicksand is a 1950 american film noir that stars mickey rooney and peter lorre and portrays a garage mechanic's descent into crime. it was directed by irving pichel shortly before he was included in the hollywood blacklist (which was instituted by the house un american activities committee to block screenwriters with suspected communist affiliation from obtaining employment). Quicksand: directed by irving pichel. with mickey rooney, jeanne cagney, barbara bates, peter lorre. after taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.
A guy who yields to temptation just once .and finds it's once too often!after taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repa. Dan brady (mickey rooney), a young auto mechanic in california, "borrows" $20 ($243 today) from the cash register at his job to pay for a date with blonde femme fatale vera novak (jeanne cagney), who works at a nearby diner. 1.37 : 1. film length. 7,106ft (9 reels) at a diner, young auto mechanic dan brady has just finished telling his co worker chuck that he has broken up with his adoring girl friend, helen calder, when he notices the stunning blonde cashier, vera novak. dan convinces vera to go out with him that evening, but when he returns to his job at the. Watch the 1950 hollywood classic movie, quicksand.after taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mech.
1.37 : 1. film length. 7,106ft (9 reels) at a diner, young auto mechanic dan brady has just finished telling his co worker chuck that he has broken up with his adoring girl friend, helen calder, when he notices the stunning blonde cashier, vera novak. dan convinces vera to go out with him that evening, but when he returns to his job at the. Watch the 1950 hollywood classic movie, quicksand.after taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mech. As brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime. 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. Popular reviews. when cash strapped young mechanic dan (mickey rooney) takes $20 from the cash register at his job to pay for a date with femme fatale vera (jeanne cagney), a chain of events are set in motion that lead him spiralling into crime and taking increasingly desperate measures, in this noir thriller co starring peter lorre, barbara.
As brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime. 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. Popular reviews. when cash strapped young mechanic dan (mickey rooney) takes $20 from the cash register at his job to pay for a date with femme fatale vera (jeanne cagney), a chain of events are set in motion that lead him spiralling into crime and taking increasingly desperate measures, in this noir thriller co starring peter lorre, barbara.
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