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'Pushover' (1954)

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Marc Myers
Jan 01, 2020
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Last Friday, I featured Strangers When We Meet, directed by Richard Quine. Today, a movie that Quine made six years earlier—Pushover (1954). The film noir is notable for several reasons. It was Kim Novak's first feature film, and she runs away with it as the cool femme fatale looking for an out. Fred MacMurray stars as the leather-soul detective also lo…

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