TIGHTSPOT

Tight Spot

Tight Spot is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson and written by William Bowers, based on the play Dead Pigeon, by Leonard Kantor. It stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene, and Eve McVeagh. The story was inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's tactics in coercing Virginia Hill to testify in the Bugsy Siegel prosecution.

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tight spot

Noun

  1. a difficult position
"The company's proposal has placed Mr. Carey in a tight spot in the strike" - New York Times, 1997
"Jays Squeeze Out of Tight Spot Into a 2-1 Lead." - New York Times, 1992


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