Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
Mickey Rooney
Jeanne Cagney
Barbara Bates
Peter Lorre
Taylor Holmes
Art Smith
Wally Cassell
Richard Lane
Patsy O'Connor
John Gallaudet
Minerva Urecal
Sidney Marion
Jimmie Dodd
Lester Dorr
Kitty O'Neil
Frank Marlowe
Alvin Hammer
Ray Teal
Tom Monroe
Red Nichols