The Quick and the Dead (novel), by Louis L'Amour, published in 1973

The Quick and the Dead (TV movie), directed by Robert Day, based on the L'Amour novel, and released in 1987

The Quick and the Dead (1978 film), a racing documentary by Claude Du Boc

The Quick and the Dead (collection), a collection of stories by Vincent Starrett, published in 1965

The Quick and the Dead (1943 novel) by Ellery Queen, see There Was an Old Woman (novel).

The Quick and the Dead (1995 film), by Sam Raimi, unrelated to the L'Amour novel

The term appears in 1 Peter 4:5 in the King James translation of the Christian Bible: "Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead."