Why won't QT play this .mov file?

The below movie won't play in iTunes, QT, QT 7 Pro, or VLC.  QT says I'm missing a  3rd party add-on or plug-in.  I've tried to convert it with DiVX and it goes through the process, but the resulting file opens as a movie, but only shows a black screen with the audio.
Can anyone tell me what is it about this file that makes it unplayable?  Here's what's in the info window:\
Kind: Quick time movie
Size: 24.6MB
Where: /Users/me/Desktop
Created: December 27, 2011
Modified: Today
Dimensions: 480 x 360
Codecs: H264, ACC
Title:  Tate
Duration: 04:36
Authors: Tate
Audio channels: 2
Last opened: Today, 6:40pm
Name (etention):  Tate.mov
Open with:  QuickTime Player.app
Sharing and Permissions:
     You can read and write
Nothing jumps out as a problem for the OSX software.  Any ideas?
I appreciate the input.
C

Alright...some new info.  I found two files in iTunes--one would play and the other wouldn't.  I tried to open each in QT, QT 7 Pro, VLC, DiVX player, with the same results--one worked, one did not.
I opened Get Info on each .mov file and EVERY IMPORTANT DATA POINT was the same. 
Kind: QuickTime Movie
Dimensions: 640 x 480
Codecs: H264, ACC
Color profile: SD (6-1-6)
Audio channels: 1
I could Read and Write on both.
So how would one file play and the other one just play audio?
I'm obviously missing something. I'd truly apprecate some insight.
THANKS!
C

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