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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Quicksand (1950)
Season 2023
Episode 108
Mickey Rooney stars as a mechanic who borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, expecting to pay it back the next day. Over the course of the night, he slips deeper and deeper into debt and trouble in this film noir that also stars Peter Lorre.
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