Rotten
Viewed strictly on its own, as it should be, this modest Columbia melodrama is a creditable job for about half the time.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
Pushover
This year the great suspense drama is PUSHOVER, the story of temptation.
1954 · 1h 28m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Richard Quine
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Pushover
Overview
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Director and cast
- Richard Quine Director
- Fred MacMurray as Paul Sheridan
- Philip Carey as Rick McAllister (as Phil Carey)
- 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)
- Joe Bailey as Hobbs (uncredited)
- Tony Barrett as Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)
- Walter Beaver Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you're as much of a pushover for [Kim Novak's] early work as I am, you can't afford to miss this.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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