1954 · noir · corrupt-cop · femme-fatale
Pushover
Directed by Richard Quine1h 28m1954
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Our read: Pushover (1954) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded noir · corrupt-cop · femme-fatale entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured noir / corrupt-cop, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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