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 Sr. and Jean Hersholt.

[1][2] Lt. Brill, a U.S. Army officer assigned to stop a narcotics ring on the Mexico–United States border, breaks up with his girlfriend after discovering her working as a dancer the drug kingpin 'Silent' Krupz's cantina.

[3] The film was shot both on a studio in Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, and on location in Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Dix tried to stop the re-release and offered $1 million to be released from his contract with Paramount, but the studio refused.