Quicksand

Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney) Brady finds himself drawn into an ever-worsening "quicksand" of crime. Brady is threatened with grand larceny for violating the installment contract by selling a watch that he doesn't legally own. After unsuccessfully applying for a payday loan and attempting to use his car as collateral for another loan, Brady resorts to mugging a tipsy bar patron.