Quicksand

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.

Quicksand is a 1950 drama crime movie directed by Irving Pichel, starring Peter Lorre, Mickey Rooney, Barbara Bates. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 2,992 votes and runs 1h 19m.