Quicksand
1950 · 79 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,814 VOTES · DIR. Irving Pichel
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,317 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:30 How's the pie?
00:03:51 Anything wrong in that?
00:06:29 And then I says
00:09:08 Sure, I'll give you a ring and we'll get together real soon.
00:12:20 Hello, Nick.
00:15:58 I was raised in Steeltown, West Virginia.
00:19:12 Now, let's get it on and show you what it looks like.
00:22:05 the radio or the easy chair
00:25:22 Who?
00:29:14 and have enough left over to
00:32:56 Just thought you might have heard about it.
00:35:50 What's your angle? What are you trying to tell me?
00:39:03 Here.
00:41:56 Nick!
00:44:39 All right.
00:51:11 Hello, is Vera Novak there? -Hey.
00:53:38 What you did.
00:58:17 How did it go?
01:00:40 Didn't know who?
01:03:39 At the auto park.
01:06:31 It's the main bearing.
01:09:19 I told him everything that had happened.
01:11:47 Down there. We made it.
01:14:18 Mackey regained consciousness at St. Mark's Hospital
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,317
Dialogue density16.7 lines / min
First line00:01:30
Final line01:14:18
Production Record
DirectorIrving Pichel
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,814