The Pushover


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Summary:
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 pick her up in a "chance" meeting at a movie and spend some time with he... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Fred MacMurray - (Paul Sheridan)
Kim Novak - (Leona McLane)
Philip Carey - (Rick McAllister)
Dorothy Malone - (Ann Stewart)
E.G. Marshall - (Lt. Carl Eckstrom)
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Review:
Aficionados will doubtlessly argue whether The Pushover should be classified as film noir or merely as a suspense film, but whichever its category, this overlooked movie deserves to be better known. Not that it's a great film, for it's not -- the characters don't develop fully enough, remaining just film types rather than flesh and blood p... Continue >>

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