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Pushover (1954)
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Summary: A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Quine
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na HarryLangdon
72
T5
na MartinTeller
80
T7
There's a heavy voyeurism vibe going on that's very interesting. Quine's direction is not terribly inventive, but it's solid, and the story is quite well-plotted with a lot of tension as MacMurray and Novak's scheme unravels. For the average joe this is probably a weak film, but for a noir fan it does the trick. The leads are both strong, with good supporting performances. The photography is a little flat at times, but some scenes really shine, especially towards the end. Lousy music, though.
na disconnected
0
T1
Not "bad" necessarily, just completely impossible to pay any attention to. As I've said before, I'll never give a score above zero to a movie I can't bear to sit still and watch, and I've tried twice.
na NRM03
66
T7
na St. Gloede
70
T5
na otsaloma
80
T8
na imdb
68
T7
na Coheed
60
T4
na PeaceAnarchy
86
T9
The story is a pretty typical "bad decision followed by worse decision" tale, but damn if the dialogue and performances don't make up for that. Some films have the magic to overcome a tired premise, and this one does. Love MacMurray's last line.
na nuotio
61
T8
na helfen419
65
T3
na vmboudreau
60
T6
na Evan D
75
T4
na Razuna
76
T5
na jeff_v
62
T4
na CloseFriend
48
T3
Very well-plotted. Some interesting use of silhouettes and long shadows. The protagonist is about as amoral as any noir protagonist and the dialogue is snappy and loaded, selling the film's dominant theme of the mingling of business and pleasure. Nevertheless, the film never recovers from its very sluggish first act, and the lack of truly memorable imagery makes this a largely forgettable film, notable mostly as Kim Novak's debut.
na dr. radical
56
T5
na Valenzetti
83
T7
Average Tier 5.44 from 18 Rankings rss