Pushover

Jul 14, 1954

1h 28m

★ 6.5

This year the great suspense drama is PUSHOVER The story of temptation

Overview

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Pushover Trailers

Cast

Paul Sheridan

Fred MacMurray

Rick McAllister

Philip Carey

Lona McLane

Kim Novak

Ann Stewart

Dorothy Malone

Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom

E.G. Marshall

Paddy Dolan

Allen Nourse

Beery the Mechanic (uncredited)

James Anderson

Hobbs (uncredited)

Joe Bailey

Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)

Tony Barrett

Detective Schaeffer (uncredited)

Walter Beaver

Detective Harris (uncredited)

Richard Bryan

First Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.

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