Quicksands

Quicksands (1923)

Stationed at the Mexican border, a young lieutenant whose job is to capture a ring of narcotics smugglers, spies his sweetheart, the daughter of a U. S. Customs official, in a cantina suspected of being the headquarters of the dope ring.

Erscheinungsdatum
1923-02-28
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 10 Min.
Genres
Krimi, Drama
Regie
Jack Conway

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Quicksands is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Jack Conway, written by Howard Hawks, and starring Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix. The supporting cast features Alan Hale Sr., Noah Beery and Jean Hersholt. The film was released on February 28, 1923, by American Releasing Corporation.

Production

The film was shot both on a studio in Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, and on location in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Real U.S. Army soldiers, including United States Colored Troops, were used as extras.

After the American Releasing Corporation went out of business, it was purchased by the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation for re-release as Boots and Saddles. Dix tried to stop the re-release and offered $1 million to be released from his contract with Paramount, but the studio refused.

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