Sure, she's foxy - but she completely drew that lipstick out of the lines.
Pushover is a low-rent, loser's version of Double Indemnity. You heard me! And darn you, Columbia Pictures or the Film Foundation or whoever put this box set together for not inviting Eddie Muller to speak to this on the commentary. Here we have clean cut Fred MacMurray lusting after a no-good blonde just like last time but this time with an addled mind and no plan. MacMurray's part of a stakeout on Kim Novak, whose boyfriend just stuck up a bank and killed a guy. While waiting for him and the money to show, MacMurray develops a secret relationship with her. Pushover is tightly filmed almost entirely within Novak's apartment building or in the street below. MacMurray comes off as a ruinous cad making one dumb decision after another, running after a foolish dream while his sensible cop buddies furrow their brows in his direction.
Start of a beautiful tracking shot of dueling baby grand pianos in a cocktail lounge.
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