Quicksand Page #2

Synopsis: Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into crime, while everyone he meets is out for what they can get.
Director(s): Irving Pichel
Production: Synergy Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.6
APPROVED
Year:
1950
79 min
378 Views


We can do

something else later.

You have a deal, honey.

It's still here.

Nice looking coat.

Bet they'd suck you at least

a thousand bucks for a coat like that.

Are you kidding?

Why, that's mink.

It's a bargain at two thousand.

Isn't that the most beautiful thing

you've ever seen in your life?

It's not bad.

Are you thinking on buying it?

I want that coat.

And I'm going to get it.

- For two thousand dollars?

For whatever it takes.

Say, wait a minute you

You really do want it, don't you?

You bet I do.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Huh?

Ah, they're blue.

- No.

They're brown.

Ah, but there's blues

in your big brown eyes.

Oh, you sing too.

Only for you, honey.

Shall we go?

Closed Mondays.

How do you like that?

Are you sure you didn't happen to know

it was closed when you invited me?

Now wait a minute.

Would I do a thing like that?

I'll take you anyplace you want to go.

Name it and you can have it.

All right.

All right.

I know a place I'd like to go.

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

Hey, get out of here.

Stop that, you silly brats.

You hear me?

I'll save you all the trouble

of growing up.

Cut that out.

You want to break the machine?

Hello, Nick.

Oh, it's you.

Gimme a nickel, Danny.

I'll show you how to beat this game.

Wait a minute!

One ball.

Hey, Nick,

Pay me.

I hit the jackpot.

Here.

That's all. For you.

Hey, wait a minute.

Go ahead, honey, play it

as much as you want.

Take it easy, Danny.

I can handle Nick myself.

I used to work here.

Didn't I, Nick?

- Yeah.

Want to come back?

It's still in the window, Nick.

I saw it yesterday.

- Are you crazy?

What do you think I am? A millionaire?

What's going on here?

Let's skip it.

Come on, we'll have our pictures taken.

Come on.

See you later, Nick.

Who goes first?

We both go.

What do you want?

Gimme a half buck's worth of nickels.

OK, admiral.

Now what do you want?

There's only nine nickels there, buddy.

Yeah?

Who's cheating who?

Look, you got your nickel, haven't you?

Hit the road.

Why hello, Nick.

Look, I've got rules in this house.

That goes for you too.

If you want to pull that kind of stuff,

go somewhere else.

Come on, beat it. Beat it!

Come on, Vera, let's get out of this

crummy joint.

Goodbye, Nick.

See that big star right there?

Yeah.

That's Beetlejerz.

Who?

Beetlejerz.

Beetlejuice, Dave used to call it.

Dave.

Who's Dave?

A fellow I used to know.

He taught me the names of all the stars.

You know, I never saw a star

until I was sixteen?

How come?

I was raised

in Steeltown, West Virginia.

And you couldn't see the sky

for the smoke.

So I ran away.

Funny, I ran away from home too.

That was a long, long time ago.

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