Public domain film noir: Quicksand (1950)

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Director: Irving Pichel
Writer: Robert Smith (original screenplay)
Cinematographer: Lionel Lindon

Plot: After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.