Description:

Mickey Rooney gives one of his greatest performances as mechanic Dan Brady, a desperate young man out to impress Vera, a sexy bottle blonde who dreams of diamonds and furs. Feeling too light in the pocket to show her a good time, Dan embarks on a series of petty crimes to raise money. When he finds himself in more trouble than he'd bargained for, he begins sinking into the quicksand of the film's title. Add in Peter Lorre as one of Dan's seedy connections and dazzling Jeanne Cagney as the femme fatale, and you have all the ingredients for a suspenseful baby noir, well-worth its cult following.