Quicksand is a lost[1] 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by John Lynch and R. Cecil Smith.

The film stars Henry A. Barrows, Edward Coxen, Dorothy Dalton, Frankie Lee, and Philo McCullough.

[2][3] As described in a film magazine,[4] Mary (Dalton) is the wife of Jim Bowen (Coxen), a trusted cashier for insurance brokers.

John Boland (Barrows) is a district leader and the keeper of a cafe frequented by Alan Perry (McCullough), the wastral son of Bowen's employer.

Mary believes her husband is innocent and, suspecting Perry, she applies with Boland to be a singer in his cafe.