in pushover fred macmurray dust off his acclaimed portrayal of walter neff the luckless insurance agent from double indemnity and give him a badge a an easily corruptible cop . the temptation in his path be another dame and in this case kim novak be introduce in this film a columbia answer to marilyn monroe . macmurray a cop who be assign to get close to gangster paul richards moll novak . richards and his mob have pull off a bank heist and if they have any sense and they would be out of the country and flee . but police captain e. g. marshall reason that richards ain not go nowhere without novak . of course what he doesn not figure on his macmurray libido as well a richards . novak one cool ice princess in this one and she willing to spend the loot with one crook a another and one with a badge sound pretty good to her . there a side romance go as well with novak neighbor and nurse dorothy malone and fellow officer philip carey . malone get innocently catch up in the intrigue . carey while do surveillance on novak apartment get to peep in on malone next door . his little rear window act pay off in the end . pushover be a fine noir drama and highly recommend for those who like myself know full well that fred macmurray be capable of a lot more than disney film and my three son which i think most know him for today . novak make a stunning debut a the ultimately luckless moll and the rest of the cast back them up with a splendid ensemble effort .