Post by Brad Nelson on Jun 13, 2020 20:15:09 GMT -8
Ginger Rogers plays convict Sherry Conley in 1955’s Tight Spot.
She’s the last hope of the district attorney for a witness who can convict Lorne Greene of something. Edward G. Robinson plays the district attorney and Brian Keith plays the main cop in charge of her protection.
After one witness is killed, the D.A. moves Sherry Conley to a safe house (in a hotel) to try to persuade her to be a witness for the prosecution. Rogers plays Conley as the loud-mouthed, big-attitude broad. And it all seems like dreadful over-acting until you kinda-sort get used to her and accept her as a real character, which I think you eventually do. But not without some resistance.
There are a few twists and turns along the way. And you thought the witness protection program in Blue Bloods was awful (almost comically awful in that show). You ain’t seen nothing until you see these yahoo cops trying to protect Sherry Conley. For instance, they spot a guy on the roof of the hotel. And suddenly nearly every cop on the protection detail leaves their post to run up and see who this guy is. So basically Sherry Conley is left all but unprotected while 8 or 9 cops are on the roof to take a look at this one suspicious character.
They desperately needed a technical advisor on this film for, apart from some of Ginger Rogers’ shtick, this is not meant to be a comedy. The previous witness was shot by sniper while being walked up the courthouse stairs. Lorne Greene’s criminal organization has a long reach. So you would think they would at least shut the blinds in the hotel room where Sherry Conley is being holed up. Nope.
The main dynamic is between good-cop (or district attorney) Edward G. Robinson who is trying to soft-pedal Sherry Conley into testifying (thus the hotel room where she can order any and all food that she likes). Brian Keith, on the other hand, plays the bad-cop, or at least the impatient cop, who has no use for all this mollycoddling.
Don’t ask me who that guy was on TV that they were frequently watching in the hotel room. I can live with the flaws of this picture. It mostly moves forward and is watchable. Rogers is like fingernails on the blackboard. But the writing for her character is consistent and with more than a little depth so she eventually gels into a decent character. Rogers’ haircut does her little credit in this. But they likely were trying to make her look a little tougher with a sort of butch cut.
She’s the last hope of the district attorney for a witness who can convict Lorne Greene of something. Edward G. Robinson plays the district attorney and Brian Keith plays the main cop in charge of her protection.
After one witness is killed, the D.A. moves Sherry Conley to a safe house (in a hotel) to try to persuade her to be a witness for the prosecution. Rogers plays Conley as the loud-mouthed, big-attitude broad. And it all seems like dreadful over-acting until you kinda-sort get used to her and accept her as a real character, which I think you eventually do. But not without some resistance.
There are a few twists and turns along the way. And you thought the witness protection program in Blue Bloods was awful (almost comically awful in that show). You ain’t seen nothing until you see these yahoo cops trying to protect Sherry Conley. For instance, they spot a guy on the roof of the hotel. And suddenly nearly every cop on the protection detail leaves their post to run up and see who this guy is. So basically Sherry Conley is left all but unprotected while 8 or 9 cops are on the roof to take a look at this one suspicious character.
They desperately needed a technical advisor on this film for, apart from some of Ginger Rogers’ shtick, this is not meant to be a comedy. The previous witness was shot by sniper while being walked up the courthouse stairs. Lorne Greene’s criminal organization has a long reach. So you would think they would at least shut the blinds in the hotel room where Sherry Conley is being holed up. Nope.
The main dynamic is between good-cop (or district attorney) Edward G. Robinson who is trying to soft-pedal Sherry Conley into testifying (thus the hotel room where she can order any and all food that she likes). Brian Keith, on the other hand, plays the bad-cop, or at least the impatient cop, who has no use for all this mollycoddling.
Don’t ask me who that guy was on TV that they were frequently watching in the hotel room. I can live with the flaws of this picture. It mostly moves forward and is watchable. Rogers is like fingernails on the blackboard. But the writing for her character is consistent and with more than a little depth so she eventually gels into a decent character. Rogers’ haircut does her little credit in this. But they likely were trying to make her look a little tougher with a sort of butch cut.