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Pushover (1954)

Pushover poster
Directed by
Richard Quine
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer goes undercover to get close to a gangster's girlfriend. He falls for her and begins to plan a heist instead of making an arrest.

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What happens

Pushover is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Quine, starring Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey and Kim Novak in her first credited role. The motion picture was adapted from two novels – Thomas Walsh's The Night Watch and William S. Ballinger's Rafferty – by Roy Huggins, who went on to great success creating television series, including The Fugitive, Maverick, and The Rockford Files. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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