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Quicksand (1950)

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Quicksand is a 1950 American film noir that stars Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre and portrays a garage mechanic’s descent into crime.

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Quicksand (1950)

Runtime:79 minutes

Director: Irving Pichel

Country:United States

Actors:

Mickey Rooney

Dan

Jeanne Cagney

Vera

Barbara Bates

Helen

Peter Lorre

Nick

Taylor Holmes

Harvey

Art Smith

Mackey

Wally Cassell

Chuck

Richard Lane

Lt. Nelson

Patsy O'Connor

Millie

John Gallaudet

Moriarity

Rating:

(2'495 votes)

Language:English

Genres:Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Writer:

Robert Smith

(original screenplay)

Producers:

Mort Briskin

producer

Keywords:wristwatch, watch, mechanic, bookkeeper, chase

Production company:

Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

(A Samuel H. Stiefel Production)

Plots: 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. 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.

Goofs: Continuity When Dan pays Lt. Nelson the money he owes for the watch he counts out $100 in cash. But he only owed $99 for the watch as he had already put $1 down for it at the jeweler's. Continuity When Helen is walking with Dan to the car after he was shot her hair is flipped up in the back, but as soon as she gets in the car her hair is turned under. Crew or equipment visible When the lawyer is sitting in his car talking to Dan and Helen at the Santa Monica pier the reflection of one of the camera crew is visible in the driver's three-quarter window.

Quotes:

Harvey : Men don't die easily. They take a lot of killing.

Landlady : Serves you right, you hussy!

Daniel 'Dan' Brady : [singing] There's blues, in your big brown eyes.

Taglines: « A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often! » , « There was this dame...the pretty, tough waitress who wanted the mink coat...All he needed was $20.00...from the cash register. » , « This is the story of a nice guy who borrows $20 from a cash register to keep a date... with a cop... and a killer! »

Also known as: Quicksand ( United Kingdom ), Quicksand ( United States ), Sables mouvants ( Belgium ), Sables mouvants ( France )

Composer: Louis Gruenberg

Source:

IMDb's page for this movie

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