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A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mickey RooneyDaniel 'Dan' Brady
Jeanne CagneyVera Novak
Barbara BatesHelen Calder
Peter LorreNick Dramoshag
Taylor HolmesHarvey
Art SmithOren Mackey
Wally CassellChuck Davis
Richard LaneLt. Nelson
Patsy O'ConnorMillie
John GallaudetMoriarity
Minerva UrecalLandladyExplore the crew
- Producer
- Mort Briskin
- Producer
- Samuel H. Stiefel
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Screenplay
- Robert Smith
- Director of Photography
- Lionel Lindon
- Editor
- Walter Thompson