- Bodyguard (1948 film)
Infobox Film
name = Bodyguard
image_size =
caption = Theatrical Poster
director =Richard Fleischer
producer = Sid Rogell
writer = Story:George W. George Robert Altman Screenplay:Fred Niblo, Jr. Harry Essex
narrator =
starring =Lawrence Tierney Priscilla Lane
music =Paul Sawtell
cinematography =Robert De Grasse
editing =Elmo Williams
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures
released =September 2 ,1948
runtime = 62 minutes
country =United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
website =
amg_id = 1:85580
imdb_id = 0040178"Bodyguard" (1948) is a American
semi-documentary crime "film noir " directed byRichard Fleischer and written by Fred Niblo Jr.and Harry Essex, based on a story written by George W. George andRobert Altman , who would on to direct "MASH " and other notable films. The drama featuresLawrence Tierney andPriscilla Lane , among others. [imdb title|id=0040178|title=Bodyguard.]Plot
Mike" Carter (Lawrence Tierney) is fired to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department, after breaking some rules and he becomes a bodyguard to wealthy Eugenia Dyson (
Elisabeth Risdon ). Before long Carter has been accused of murder, and is being hunted down by his former fellow officers.His file-clerk and fiancee Doris Brewster (Priscilla Lane) believes in his innocence, and she is instrumental in cornering the actual killer.
Cast
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Lawrence Tierney as Michael C. "Mike" Carter
*Priscilla Lane as Doris Brewster
* Phillip Reed as Freddie Dysen
* June Clayworth as Connie Fenton
*Elisabeth Risdon as Gene Dysen
*Steve Brodie as Fenton
*Frank Fenton as Lieutenant Borden
* Charles Cane as Capt. WayneCritical reception
Critic Dennis Schwartz wrote of the film, "A solid but routine action B-film crime drama that plays like a Mike Hammer episode." [ [http://www.sover.net/~ozus/bodyguard.htm Schwartz, Dennis] . "Ozus' World Movie Reviews,"
June 16 ,2002 . Last accesed:January 3 ,2008 .]References
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* [http://members.aol.com/MG4273/fleisch.htm "Bodyguard"] at the Films of Richard Fleischer.
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