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Pushover

  • 7.1 /10

  • 65

  • 86%

Plot

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Cast

Fred MacMurray as Paul Sheridan
Fred MacMurray

as Paul Sheridan

Philip Carey as Rick McAllister
Philip Carey

as Rick McAllister

Kim Novak as Lona McLane
Kim Novak

as Lona McLane

Dorothy Malone as Ann Stewart
Dorothy Malone

as Ann Stewart

E.G. Marshall as Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom
E.G. Marshall

as Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom

Allen Nourse as Paddy Dolan
Allen Nourse

as Paddy Dolan

James Anderson as Beery the Mechanic (uncredited)
James Anderson

as Beery the Mechanic (uncredited)

Joe Bailey as Hobbs (uncredited)
Joe Bailey

as Hobbs (uncredited)

Tony Barrett as Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)
Tony Barrett

as Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)

Walter Beaver as Detective Schaeffer (uncredited)
Walter Beaver

as Detective Schaeffer (uncredited)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Passed

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 14, 1954

Production Companies

  • Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.47 hrs

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Reviews

Money isn't dirty. Just people. Pushover is directed by Richard Quine and adapted to screenplay by Roy Huggins from stories written by Bill S. Ballinger and Thomas Walsh. It stars Fred MacMurray, Phillip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone and E. G. Marshall. Music is scored by Arthur Morton and cinematography by Lester White. Straight cop Paul Sheridan (MacMurray) is on the trail of the loot …

I always felt that Fred MacMurray was a bit of a lurch as an actor. Never particularly versatile nor charismatic to watch. Here, though, he is pretty effective as the undercover cop "Sheridan". Things hot up for his character when he encounters the enigmatic "Lona" (Kim Novak) and soon they are having a passionate affair. What we soon find out is that she is the gal of a thief behind a $200k robb…