Brian Brems on Pushover (1954), directed by Richard Quine: Referencing Double Indemnity through Fred MacMurray’s persona “Pushover deliberately recalls its more famous predecessor, playing upon audience expectations of MacMurray’s screen persona to create an experience of déjà vu.” Brian Brems, Seeing Double: Richard Quine’s Pushover | History of Cinema

Money isn’t dirty... just people. PUSHOVER (1954) In the wake of a bank heist, Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) is part of a team of cops assigned to recover the stolen $200,000. They stake out the apartment of Lona McLane (Kim Novak), the girlfriend of the one of the robbers, and before long Paul and Lona begin a steamy affair. Lona persuades Paul to kill her boyfriend so that the two of them can escape with the money, but, in order to pull it off, Paul first has to trick his boss and fellow dete