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Tight Spot

Tight Spot

1955Movie⏱️ 1h 37mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirThriller
⭐ 6.6
IMDB Rating
2,840 votes

A female convict is whisked out of prison and into a police-guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob.

Director
Phil Karlson
Writers
William Bowers, Leonard Kantor
Stars
Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
Release Date
July 15, 1955
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
as Sherry Conley
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
as Lloyd Hallett
Brian Keith
Brian Keith
as Vince Striker
Lucy Marlow
Lucy Marlow
as Prison Girl
Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
as Benjamin Costain
Katherine Anderson
Katherine Anderson
as Mrs. Willoughby
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Allen Nourse
as Marvin Rickles
Peter Leeds
Peter Leeds
as Fred Packer
Doye O'Dell
Doye O'Dell
as Mississippi Mac
Eve McVeagh
Eve McVeagh
as Clara Moran

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Manhattan Municipal Building - 1 Centre Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

witnesswomen's prisonpolice protectiondistrict attorneyprison

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Tight Spot-Excellent Film Position to Be In ****
by edwagreen β€’ 2008-07-25
9/10

"Ginger Rogers sheds her usual movie ways and portrays a girl surviving a sentence for hiding a criminal. She is offered her freedom if she will testify against someone who the government is trying to get. Problem is that her ex-boyfriend has already taken a fatal bullet on his way to testify. Edward G. Robinson is the D.A. here in this exciting film. There is a marvelous supporting performance by Brian Keith, as the cop, assigned to watch her. Naturally, romance blooms and there is quite a surprise waiting for viewers when we realize who he really is in this film. Here is a girl telling thos..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The story was inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's tactics in coercing Virginia Hill to testify in the Bugsy Siegel prosecution.

πŸ“– Synopsis

A female convict is whisked out of prison and into a police-guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob.