Movie · 1950
Quicksand
“A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!”
Released 24 March 1950 79 min Crime / Thriller More from 1950 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Taylor Holmes
as Harvey
Kitty O'Neil
as Madame Zaronga
Lester Dorr
as Baldy
Minerva Urecal
as Landlady
Art Smith
as Oren Mackey
Richard Lane
as Lt. Nelson
Sidney Marion
as Shorty
Ray Teal
as Motorcycle Officer
John Gallaudet
as Moriarity
Peter Lorre
as Nick Dramoshag
Jimmie Dodd
as Buzz
Wally Cassell
as Chuck Davis
Jeanne Cagney
as Vera Novak
Mickey Rooney
as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
Barbara Bates
as Helen Calder
Patsy O'Connor
as Millie
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The numbers
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Taylor Holmes — oldest on the call sheet
21Patsy O'Connor — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast