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After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.
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Dan
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Vera
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Helen
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Nick
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Harvey
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Mackey
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Chuck
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Lt. Nelson
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Millie
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Moriarity
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Landlady
Sidney Marion ...
Shorty
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Buzz (as Jimmy Dodd)
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Baldy
Kitty O'Neil ...
Madame Zaronga
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Watchman
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Auditor
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Motorcycle Officer
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Motorcycle Officer (as Tom Munro)
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies ...
Themselves
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Sailor in Arcade (uncredited)
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Man at Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ...
Pier Spectator (uncredited)
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Smitty - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Man at Bar / Pier Spectator (uncredited)
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Woman at Bar (uncredited)
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Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)
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Pier Spectator (uncredited)

Directed by

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Irving Pichel

Written by

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Robert Smith ... (original screenplay)

Produced by

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Mort Briskin ... producer
Samuel H. Stiefel ... executive producer

Music by

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Louis Gruenberg

Cinematography by

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Lionel Lindon ... (photographed by)

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Walter Thompson

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Boris Leven

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Boris Leven

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Robert Priestley

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist
Annabell Levy ... hair stylist (as Annabelle Levy)

Production Management

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Harold Godsoe ... unit manager
Lewis J. Rachmil ... production manager

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Maurie M. Suess ... assistant director

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William H. Lynch ... sound (as William Lynch)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Emil Newman ... musical director
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new restaurant cashier Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a mink coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer with plans to repay it the next day. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into financial difficulties that lead to bigger crimes as everyone he meets is out for themselves. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sables mouvants (France)
  • Peligros de juventud (Spain)
  • Болото (Ukraine)
  • Подвижни пясъци (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Gungfly (Sweden)
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  • 79 min
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Trivia Mickey Rooney co-financed the film with Peter Lorre. See more »
Goofs When the lawyer is sitting in his car talking to Dan and Helen at the Santa Monica pier the reflection of one of the camera crew is visible in the driver's three-quarter window. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Quicksand (2022). See more »
Soundtracks Low Bridge, Everybody Down See more »
Quotes Landlady: Serves you right, you hussy!
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