Rent Tight Spot (1955)
3.3 of 5 from 68 ratings
1h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Former gangster's mistress, Sherry (Ginger Rogers), is moved from prison to a swanky hotel suite in the hope that she will testify against the dangerous mobster. In this gripping drama Sherry's dilemma is highlighted in vivid detail: testify and she faces assassination, remain silent and she will encounter the wrath of attorney Hallet (Edward G. Robinson).
- Actors:
- Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lucy Marlow, Lorne Greene, Katherine Anderson, Allen Nourse, Peter Leeds, Doye O'Dell, Eve McVeagh, Dean Cromer, Tom De Graffenreid, Kevin Enright, Frank Gerstle, Kathryn Grant, Tom Greenway, Joseph Hamilton, Ed Hinton, Bob Hopkins, Norman Keats
- Directors:
- Phil Karlson
- Producers:
- Lewis J. Rachmil
- Writers:
- William Bowers, Leonard Kantor
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Films & TV by topic, Fred and Ginger: Duets and Solos
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/02/2021
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Nora Fiore on 'Tight Spot'
- The Guardian Interview with Ernest Borgnine (2001): archival audio recording
- Ernest Borgnine in Conversation (2009): archival video recording
- The End of the Affair: archival interview with Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford
- Swedes in America (1943): Irving Lerner's Oscar-nominated short film, presented by Ingrid Bergman
- Diary of a Sergeant (1945): Joseph M. Newman's documentary portrait of Harold Russell
- The Steps of Age (1950): dramatised documentary, written and directed by Ben Maddow Caribbean (1951): documentary account of life and culture in the West Indies, British Guiana, and British Honduras
- The Senate Crime Investigations (1951): extracts from the US senate committee's hearings into organised crime that would influence many noirs
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
- Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included in this set
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
