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Quicksand (1950) -- After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.
Quicksand (1950) -- After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.

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Overview

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Director:

Irving Pichel

Writer:

Robert Smith (original screenplay)

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Release Date:

24 March 1950 (USA) more

Tagline:

A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often! more

Plot:

After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

A Cross Between "Detour" and "The Myth of Sysiphus" more (42 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 ... Det. Lt. Nelson
Patsy O'Connor ... Millie
John Gallaudet ... Moriarity
Minerva Urecal ... Landlady aka Old Snoop
Sidney Marion ... Shorty McCabe (as Sid Marion)
Jimmie Dodd ... Buzz Larson (as Jimmy Dodd)
Lester Dorr ... Baldy, Jewelry Clerk
Kitty O'Neil ... Madame Zaronga
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Additional Details

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Finland:S | UK:PG (re-rating) (2004) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This film has one of the first examples of product placement with a box of Bit-O-Honey candy bars by Jeanne Cagney's cash register. more

Quotes:

Daniel 'Dan' Brady: I had the right girl all along and I didn't know it. more

Movie Connections:

References South of St. Louis (1949) more


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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A Cross Between "Detour" and "The Myth of Sysiphus", 22 September 2005
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Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

We feel as if we are sinking into the quicksand as one thing after another goes wrong. This is similar to the bleak and (today) more famous "Detour." But it's almost as good.

Mickey Rooney has always been an appealing performer. He's good here but not totally plausible. If Tom Neal had been the star, It'd be a real jewel.

Jeanne Cagney is surprisingly tough as the girl Rooney falls for. It's very easy to hate her character, which is the intent of the plot. Barbara Bates is not interesting as the girl who's loved him all along. When I was a small child I saw her giggling and doing what I remember as an early version of "breaking up" as she announced prizes for contestants on "Queen for a Day." Quite some range, just like her brother! Without giving away any of the plot, just know that no matter where the protagonist turns, he gets a (usually figurative) slap in the face. He sinks deeper and deeper and nothing he does seems to lift him out of the mire.

(It also has great location shots and is a superb look at honky-tonk in the middle of the last century.)

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