'Pushover' Director: Richard Quine (1954) Indicator Blu-ray | High Definition Remaster A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing. Starring Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey and Kim Novak. With its themes of surveillance and obsession prefiguring Novak’s role in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Pushover is a triumph of suspense, and an acknowledged influence on Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. Special features include:- Audio commentary with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson- Partners in Crime and Comedy (2021, 19 mins): author and critic Glenn Kenny discusses the careers and collaborations of director Richard Quine and actor Kim Novak- Blunder Boys (1955, 16 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play detectives assigned to the case of a justice-evading bank robber
