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Quicksand

After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.

Director

Irving Pichel

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

Awards

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Dan

Vera

Helen

Nick

Harvey

Mackey

Chuck

Lt. Nelson

Millie

Moriarity

Landlady

Shorty

Buzz

Baldy

Madame Zaronga

Watchman

Auditor

Motorcycle Officer

Motorcycle Officer

Themselves

Red Nichols and His Five Pennies

Sailor in Arcade

Man at Bar

Pier Spectator

Smitty - Police Sergeant

Radio Announcer

Man at Bar

Woman at Bar

Suzanne Ridgway

Nightclub Table Extra

Pier Spectator

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Well when you need it - Quicksand

Well when you need it

Nobody checks my cash
except this once a week bookkeeper - Quicksand

Nobody checks my cash except this once a week bookkeeper

I want that coat - Quicksand

I want that coat

They're brown - Quicksand

Hey, get out of here. - Quicksand

Hey, get out of here.

Cut that out. You want
to break the machine? - Quicksand

Cut that out. You want to break the machine?

Wait a minute! - Quicksand

What do you want? - Quicksand

What do you want?

Now what do you want? - Quicksand

Now what do you want?

Why hello, Nick. - Quicksand

Why hello, Nick.

It's not what you run away to it's what you run away from - Quicksand

It's not what you run away to it's what you run...

Especially those boarders - Quicksand

Especially those boarders

Hello, is Buzz there? - Quicksand

Hello, is Buzz there?

Can I have it for a dollar
down like it says in the window? - Quicksand

Can I have it for a dollar down like it says in the window?

Thirty dollars do you any good? - Quicksand

Thirty dollars do you any good?

Any better than last week? - Quicksand

Any better than last week?

Yeah. - Quicksand

Can I do anything for you, sir? - Quicksand

Can I do anything for you, sir?

Wait a minute Don't holler before you're hurt - Quicksand

Wait a minute Don't holler before you're hurt

Because if you don't pay it by
noon tomorrow, a little man's - Quicksand

Because if you don't pay it by noon tomorrow, a little ...

Hey, Chuck.
- Yeah? - Quicksand

Hey, Chuck. - Yeah?

Maybe I can get some
dough on my jalopy. - Quicksand

Maybe I can get some dough on my jalopy.

No dice. What good
is three hundred bucks? - Quicksand

No dice. What good is three hundred bucks?

By half past eight I'd tried
everything I could think of - Quicksand

By half past eight I'd tried everything I could think o...

Hi Romy, how's things? - Quicksand

Hi Romy, how's things?

How you doing, nice boy?
Let me tell your fortune. - Quicksand

How you doing, nice boy? Let me tell your fortune.

All right, reach. Reach,
come on, I'm not kidding you. - Quicksand

All right, reach. Reach, come on, I'm not kidding you.

My knees were really shaking
back there. I thought the cops - Quicksand

My knees were really shaking back there. I thought the cops

What time is it? - Quicksand

What time is it?

And don't come back. - Quicksand

And don't come back.

What's all this about fifty dollars? - Quicksand

What's all this about fifty dollars?

I don't know any guy named Shorty. - Quicksand

I don't know any guy named Shorty.

Here's a hundred dollars. - Quicksand

Here's a hundred dollars.

Mackey Motor. - Quicksand

He'd cut my throat for a nickel - Quicksand

He'd cut my throat for a nickel

It's only old snoop. - Quicksand

It's only old snoop.

I'll stay out here and
look out for the watchman. - Quicksand

I'll stay out here and look out for the watchman.

I feel like I'm being shoved into a corner - Quicksand

I feel like I'm being shoved into a corner

Well, Brady, I'm glad you're
doing the sensible thing. - Quicksand

Well, Brady, I'm glad you're doing the sensible th...

There's only eighteen hundred here.
- That's right. - Quicksand

There's only eighteen hundred here. - That's right...

Operator. - Quicksand

Danny, what is it? What's the matter? - Quicksand

Danny, what is it? What's the matter?

Are you Vera Novak? - Quicksand

Are you Vera Novak?

Serves you right you hussy - Quicksand

Serves you right you hussy

No, Danny, no. - Quicksand

I'll have to take a look
at your driver's license. - Quicksand

I'll have to take a look at your driver's license.

It's the main bearing. - Quicksand

It's the main bearing.

Get in quick. - Quicksand

Men don't die easily - Quicksand

Men don't die easily

Where are we going now? - Quicksand

Where are we going now?

I hope the boat is still here. - Quicksand

I hope the boat is still here.

You there. Stop. - Quicksand

You there. Stop.

Watch yourself, he's shooting. - Quicksand

Watch yourself, he's shooting.

Did you see him?
- No, he didn't come through here. - Quicksand

Did you see him? - No, he didn't come through here.

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After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.

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Director: Irving Pichel

Writer: Robert Smith

Production: Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1950

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Mar 1950

Awards: N/A

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