Quicksand is a 1950 English-language Crime Drama film directed by Irving Pichel and produced by Mort Briskin under the banner of Samuel H. Stiefel Productions. Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new restaurant cashier Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a mink coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer with plans to repay it the next day. 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 financial difficulties that lead to bigger crimes as everyone he meets is out for themselves. Written by Rod Crawford. Quicksand features Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith and Harry Wilson. The screenplay is written by Robert Smith. The music was composed by Louis Gruenberg. Cinematography was done by Lionel Lindon and editing by Walter Thompson. The film has a running time of 79 minutes. It was released on 24th March 1950. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by United Artists.