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 by Richard Fleischer and written by Fred Niblo Jr.and Harry Essex, based on a story written by George W. George and Robert Altman, who would on to direct "MASH" and other notable films. The drama features Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla 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

* 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. Wayne

Critical 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

External links

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* [http://members.aol.com/MG4273/fleisch.htm "Bodyguard"] at the Films of Richard Fleischer.