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6 August 1954 (USA)
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This year the great suspense drama is PUSHOVER The Story of temptation
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A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair...
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A poor man's version of Double Indemnity
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(Complete credited 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 |
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The Killer Wore a Badge (USA) (working title)
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88 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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This film introduced 'Kim Novak'.
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Miscellaneous: As in "Double Indemnity", although Fred MacMurray's character is not married, he wears a wedding ring throughout the film.
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Paul Sheridan:
You just don't like women, Rick.
Rick McAllister: What keeps you single?
Paul Sheridan: Maybe I like 'em too much.
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Rick McAllister: What keeps you single?
Paul Sheridan: Maybe I like 'em too much.
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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It's Fred MacMurray again, as a virtuous agent for the causes of good. Instead of playing an insurance salesman with an eye for the fast buck, here he's playing a cop assigned to shadow Novak, the mobster's moll. Kim Novak is as beautiful as she's ever appeared on the screen. The lighting in her early scenes is as dramatic and sensual as it can be. Who wouldn't fall in love with her? Comparisons with Double Indemnity just can't be ignored. She is the vamp that Barbara Stanwyck could never be. She's softer and more feminine in that 50's style, and less hard-edged than Stanwyck, which makes her much more dangerous. Novak's generally wooden acting style & "flat affect" gives way to a softer sex-kitten demeanor. MacMurray's character is a more active participant in the events that unfold than in "DD", where he seemed to get his courage and strength from Stanwyck's cold & calculating personna. Billy Wilder could have made this a masterpiece, but even without the guidance of the master's hand, this one is definitely well-worth watching.