Pushover

Pushover (1954)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (199 ratings)

Two bank robbers get away with 250,000 dollars in unmarked, unrecorded bills, murdering a guard in the process. The police know the leader was Harry Wheeler (Paul E. Richards) and turn their attention to his girlfriend, Leona McLane (Kim Novak), detective Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) arranging to… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By
Richard Quine
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Aug 6, 1954 Wide
On DVD
Jul 6, 2010

Critic Reviews

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    Marked by a visual claustrophobia that nicely matches MacMurray's increasingly hemmed-in situation.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Novak does a fine job in her first starring role as a heartless femme fatale who does have a heart after all.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Although it's a reworking of MacMurray's far superior Double Indemnity this is still a decent little crime caper. Kim Novak is utterly ravishing in her first big screen role, showing herself already possessing undeniable screen presence and star charisma. Even if she never… More

  • Randy T


    Police detective Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) falls for the uber-hot girlfriend (Kim Novak) of a bank robber that he's tracking. When the girl suggests that they make off with the loot and start a new life of their own, Sheridan starts to contemplate putting a plan together… More

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