Movie review - "Tight Spot" (1955) ***

Bright unpretentious thriller which is kind of Born Yesterday if Judy Holliday decided to turn evidence against Broderick Crawford. Here Ginger Rogers is the not so dumb blonde, Lorne Greene the gangster and Brian Keith the cuddly hunk trying to make her do the Right Thing. Edward G Robinson plays the DA, but it isn't a very big role - the star is definitely Rogers, in a totally non-star, character acting performance - her character is trailer trash, good on ya Ginge (though ten years earlier she specialised in these girls in star performances, the difference now being she's a lot rougher around the edges). This was based on a stage play and you can tell, with lots of conversations in a hotel room, but it moves along, the writer and director are two old unpretentious pros (Bill Bowers and Phil Carlson), there is a neat twist and some beautifully clean black and white photography.