Pushover (1954)

Director:

Richard Quine

Writers:

Bill S. Ballinger (novel)
Roy Huggins (writer)

Release Date:

6 August 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Film-Noir | Drama

Tagline:

This year the great suspense drama is PUSHOVER The Story of temptation

Plot:

A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair...

Plot Keywords:

Affair | Police | Beautiful Woman | Criminal | Based On Novel

Cast

Fred MacMurray	...	Paul Sheridan
Philip Carey	...	Rick McAllister (as Phil Carey)
Kim Novak	...	Lona McLane
Dorothy Malone	...	Ann Stewart
E.G. Marshall	...	Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom
Allen Nourse	...	Paddy Dolan

Also Known As:

The Killer Wore a Badge (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #16953) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Began shooting in mid-January 1954.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: As in "Double Indemnity", although Fred MacMurray's character is not married, he wears a wedding ring throughout the film.

Quotes:

Lona McLane: Well, it's been weird knowing you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Double Indemnity part 2?

I didn't expect this movie to be this good knowing nothing about it. Kim Novak is not the bitch that Barbara Stanwyck is, but the most beautiful actress on the movie screen and shy way about her that was truly sensuous. No matter who the leading man in her movies was, you just felt the helplessness of them being totally enthralled with this soft, sensuous, unbelievable sex goddess, for lack of another original description.

This is only the second movie I seen Fred MacMurray in (no my three sons here) besides Double Indemnity and his performance is very good here also,... just as Double Indemnity... I found myself hoping he would get away with it!