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Pushover is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Quiney released in USA on 6 august 1954 with Fred MacMurray
Pushover (1954)
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Add to a movie listPushover is a 1954 black-and-white film noir. Directed by Richard Quine, the film features Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, and Kim Novak in her breakthrough role. The motion picture was adapted from two novels, The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.
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Honest cop Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) is tasked to recover $200,000 after a bank robbery. He and other officers maintain a 24-hour surveillance on Lona McLane (Kim Novak), a girlfriend of one of the robbers.Actors
Fred MacMurray
(Paul Sheridan)
Philip Carey
(Rick McAllister)
Kim Novak
(Lona McLane)
Dorothy Malone
(Ann Stewart)
Donald Patrick Harvey II
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