Bodyguard (1948 film)
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3.1/5 AlloCine Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Duration Language English | 6.5/10 IMDb Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 2, 1948 (1948-09-02) (United States) Writer Fred Niblo Jr. (screenplay), Harry Essex (screenplay), George W. George (story), Robert Altman (story) Cast (Michael C. 'Mike' Carter), (Doris Brewster), (Freddie Dysen), June Clayworth (Connie Fenton), (Gene Dysen), (Fenton)Similar movies Lawrence Tierney appears in Bodyguard and Born to Kill Tagline A Real "Who-done-it" Thriller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lawrence tierney bodyguard film noir 1948
Bodyguard is a 1948 American semi-documentary crime film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Fred Niblo Jr.and Harry Essex, based on a story written by George W. George and Robert Altman, later directed MASH and other notable films. The drama features Lawrence Tierney and, in her final screen appearance, Priscilla Lane.
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Plot
Mike Carter (Tierney) is forced 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 fiancée Doris Brewster (Lane) believes in his innocence, and she is instrumental in cornering the actual killer.
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Critical reception
Brian Baxter of The Guardian identified Bodyguard as one of Fleischer's early RKO films that has stood the test of time. Michael Barrett of PopMatters rated it 6/10 and called it "a trim little B film that’s an unpolished gem of late-'40s noir".
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