QUICKSAND

PG • 1h 18m • 1950 • Crime drama • Drama • Suspense

who works at a nearby diner. In a scheme to return the pilfered $20, Dan decides to pay only one dollar as a down payment at a jewelry store for a $100 wristwatch ($1,266 today), a deal that requires him to sign a sales contract to buy the watch over time with regular installment payments. He then promptly goes to a pawnshop where he hocks the watch for $30 cash ($380 today), using most of that money to cover the missing funds at the garage. However, the next day Dan is tracked -- WIKIPEDIA.ORG