Tight Spot

1955

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 2831 2.8K

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Plot summary

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.

Director

Phil Karlson Photo
Phil Karlson

Top cast

Brian Keith Photo
Brian Keith as Vince Striker
John Larch Photo
John Larch as First Detective
Edward G. Robinson Photo
Edward G. Robinson as Lloyd Hallett
Helen Wallace Photo
Helen Wallace as Warden
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885.24 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.6 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Handlinghandel 7 / 10

A Rough Little Noir With A Fine Cast

Ginger Rogers is good as the tough-talking woman sprung from prison to testify in a trial. What a strange career she had! Best known for her movies with Fred Astaire, she was also a delightful comedienne. She did some serious work in her prime, winning an Oscar for an only-OK soap opera. But she's good in "Primrose Path." She turned tough in many of her fifties outings, and she looked tough too. Here she has sort of a pixie haircut that doesn't quite work with the character and isn't flattering to her. But she's excellent.Edward G. Robinson, billed second to her, is superb. He always was. That man was incapable of giving a bad performance, no matter how oddly cast he might have been at times. Brian Keith, whom many know for sunny outings in later television, is exceptional as a very tough cop. He really is the focus of this movie, though the Rogers character is the lead.Who in the world was Lucy Marlow, who got fourth billing? It says prison girl. Hmm. The woman playing the matron, Katherine Anderson, is important to the plot. She is very touching as well.Lorne Green is another actor who played some mean hombres before he became the benevolent dad on TV's "Bonanza." His character is less nuanced than the one he plays in "Autumn Leaves." But he does well by it.Phil Karlson was an excellent director, who had some of the nastiest, darkest, roughest noirs of the fifties under his belt. This is among the best of them.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 8 / 10

best of Ginger

A witness against the mobster Benjamin Costain (Lorne Greene) is assassinated on the steps of the courthouse. Prosecutor Lloyd Hallett (Edward G. Robinson) needs inmate Sherry Conley (Ginger Rogers) to be the new witness as a last resort but she has a policy of not volunteering. Vince Striker (Brian Keith) leads her police protection.Rogers has great sass attitude and a desperate lowlife sensibilities. It's very her especially with her short hair do. She's great. It's her best acting job. The high point is her reunion with her sister. It's a small little noir with great desperation. There is a modernity to this reality.
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