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Tight Spot

Name: Tight Spot
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1955-03-19
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (35 Votes)

1955 EN 97 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

19/03/1955

Votes

Popularity

1.1

SHE: "Is that blood?" HE: "I took two bullets through the chest, ma'am. Just routine."

Genres

Drama Crime Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Ginger Rogers

Sherry Conley

Edward G. Robinson

Lloyd Hallett

Brian Keith

Vince Striker

Lucy Marlow

Prison Girl

Lorne Greene

Benjamin Costain

Katherine Anderson

Mrs. Willoughby

Allen Nourse

Marvin Rickles

Peter Leeds

Fred Packer

Doye O'Dell

Mississippi Mac

Eve McVeagh

Clara Moran

Helen Wallace

Warden (uncredited)

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Gloria Ann Simpson

Miss Masters (uncredited)

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Robert Shield

Carlyle (uncredited)

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Norman Keats

Arny (uncredited)

Frank Gerstle

Jim Hornsby (uncredited)

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Dean Cromer

Policeman (uncredited)

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Tom De Graffenreid

Doctor (uncredited)

Kathryn Grant

Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)

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Tom Greenway

Elevator Mechanic (uncredited)

Joseph Hamilton

Judge (uncredited)

Ed Hinton

Second Detective (uncredited)

John Larch

First Detective (uncredited)

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Alfred Linder

Pete Tonelli (uncredited)

Ken Mayer

Policeman (uncredited)

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Edward McNally

Harris (uncredited)

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Patrick Miller

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Robert Nichols

Boy Honeymooner (uncredited)

Bill Raisch

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Alan Reynolds

Bailiff (uncredited)

Will J. White

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

John Zaremba

Second Policeman (uncredited)

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All we need now is a well dug grave. Tight Spot is directed by Phil Karlson and adapted to screenplay by William Bowers from the play "Dead Pigeon" written by Leonard Kantor. It stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Green and Eve McVeagh. Music is by George Duning and cinematography by Burnett Guffey. Sherry Conley (Rogers) is offered a way out of her prison term if she agrees to testify as a witness in the trial of mobster Benjamin Costain (Green). Holed up in a hotel room under police protection, Sherry starts to form a close relationship with Lt. Vince Striker (K…

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