QUICKSAND(1950)
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Mickey plays a dude who just doesn't know when he's
well off! He sees a gal that catches his eye but
he's short of cash so he "borrows" from the cash
register at his work planning to pay it back the
next day! Only circustances make it impossible to
do that so he has to keep figuring out a way to
get more and more money! This eventurally gets
him into increasingly worse trouble!
Peter Lorre is in this and of course does his
usual wonderful job!! B-
A review from IMDb.com:
One of the best "B" pictures ever. The milieu - garage,
bar, shoddy amusement park - is appropriate and
effectively conveyed. Small people, big dreams,
temptation, one seemingly insignificant event
leading to another: believable and compelling
drama, played out in glaring light and sinister
shadows. Peter Lorre's quiet menace and Jeanne
Cagney's worldly sleaze are particularly
outstanding. Mickey Rooney may be somewhat
miscast, but his performance adds notably to
the rising tension - as does everything else
in this fine picture.
All-time memorable moment: Bumping the gypsy
fortune teller's booth in the dark arcade,
setting off flashing light and jangling
music. - jaykay-10
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
Minerva Urecal ... Landlady
Sidney Marion ... Shorty
Jimmie Dodd ... Buzz (as Jimmy Dodd)
Lester Dorr ... Baldy
Kitty O'Neil ... Madame Zaronga
Frank Marlowe ... Watchman
Alvin Hammer ... Auditor
Ray Teal ... Motorcycle Officer
Tom Monroe ... Motorcycle Officer (as Tom Munro)
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies ... Themselves
Jimmy Cross ... Sailor in Arcade (uncredited)
Jack Elam ... Man at Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Pier Spectator (uncredited)
David McMahon ... Smitty - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Irving Pichel ... Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
Joe Ploski ... Man at Bar / Pier Spectator (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway ... Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Pier Spectator (uncredited)
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