Quicksand
1950
⏱️ 79 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
CrimeThriller
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.
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December 27, 2022
Mickey Rooney is rather convincing as a naive young mechanic who pinches $20 from his employer so he can impress his gold-digging girlfriend on a date. Soon, though, the debt spirals out of control as he falls foul of the authorities, his employer and a particularly odious Peter Lorre ("Nick") and is soon being chased by the police for murder. It's been done on a shoestring, but the ending is exciting, if a little cheesy and contrived. The characters are interesting and well hung together and make for an above average quality thriller.
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Director
Irving Pichel
Writer
Robert Smith
Producer
Mort Briskin, Samuel H. Stiefel
Production
Samuel H. Stiefel Productions
Keywords
car mechanicfemme fatalefilm noir