Bodyguard

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6.5/10

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Priscilla Lane and Lawrence Tierney in Bodyguard (1948)

After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.

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After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.3K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Final film of Priscilla Lane.

Goofs
Mike Carter jumps out of a car just before a train hits it. The front of the engine should read Santa Fe, but the image was reversed and says " EF ATNAS"

Quotes
Fenton: You in the meat business?
Mike Carter: In a way. I keep the meat warm. I'm a bodyguard.

Connections
References Autant en emporte le vent (1939)

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6/10

A Nice, Hard-Hitting Slice of 1940's Crime/Drama

They sure don't make 'em like "Bodyguard" anymore. No. They sure don't.

This tough-as-nails, 1948, Crime/Thriller certainly packed a lot of story into its 62 minute running time.

Containing some really priceless "tough-guy" dialog, "Bodyguard" has no-nonsense actor Lawrence Tierney playing Mike Carter, a real macho-man, L.A. police detective (with a hair-trigger temper) from the Homicide Squad.

When Mike gets bounced off the force for brawling with his superior officer, who is later found dead, he becomes Suspect #1.

Scrambling to clear his name, Carter soon finds himself up against a whole big mess of police corruption.

"Bodyguard", filmed in b&w, is a solid, fast-paced, little B-movie with striking direction from Richard Fleischer.

Nope. They sure don't make 'em like this anymore.