Pushover
1954 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 6.5 · 81% critics
A police detective assigned to watch the girlfriend of a bank robbery suspect gets emotionally involved and starts crossing lines. As attraction, greed, and suspicion build, the case turns into a tense noir about bad choices and the cost of giving in.
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Details
- Years
- 1954
- Release date
- 1954-07-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (76 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like moody, morally messy crime stories in the vein of Odds Against Tomorrow or He Walked by Night; Not for you if you need fast pacing or a fully convincing romance.
Pros: tense noir atmosphere; strong lead performances; intriguing moral slide | Cons: familiar setup; slow at times; romance feels thin
Themes
- stolen money
- femme fatale
- film noir
- high tech surveillance
- bag of money
- los angeles, california
- police detective
- bank robbery
- stakeout
- police stakeout
- girlfriend as bait
- corrupt cop
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Fred MacMurray
as Paul Sheridan
Philip Carey
as Rick McAllister
Kim Novak
as Lona McLane
Dorothy Malone
as Ann Stewart
E.G. Marshall
as Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom
Allen Nourse
as Paddy Dolan
James Anderson
as Beery the Mechanic (uncredited)
- JB
Joe Bailey
as Hobbs (uncredited)
Tony Barrett
as Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)
- WB
Walter Beaver
as Detective Schaeffer (uncredited)
Directed by Richard Quine