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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.
Erville Alderson
- Adam Stone
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Little Man in Street
- (uncredited)
Charles Bedell
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
- Zinnia
- (uncredited)
Russ Clark
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
- Madalena
- (uncredited)
David Cota
- Pachuco
- (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
- Detective Sgt. Burch
- (uncredited)
Ray Dolciame
- Frankie
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal film of Priscilla Lane.
- GoofsAfter Mike quits the force, he and Doris attend a baseball game which is tied in the bottom of the 9th inning, with two outs against the home team. The first pitch shown is a strike that the batter swings at and misses while a player on first base steals second base. The second pitch shown becomes a double into left field, scoring the runner from second base. At this point, the game should be over since the home team broke the tie in the bottom of the 9th. Nevertheless, the game is shown as continuing with the first batter now on second base. The next pitch shown becomes a single into right field, scoring the player who was on second. The home team now has scored twice in the bottom of 9th, yet the game continues further, with the next batter hitting a grounder to the shortstop, who gets a force-out at second. Finally, the game is over and Mike and Doris seem suddenly upset that their team (the visitors) have lost on that last out when in fact the game was lost two batters earlier. Even worse, a last shot of the scoreboard shows only one run for the bottom of the 9th instead of two.
- Quotes
Mike Carter: I keep the meat warm.
- ConnectionsReferences Gone with the Wind (1939)
Featured review
A Fun Little Nothing
Tough-talking mug Lawrence Tierney is the hero of this quick and dirty cheapy from 1948. He plays a detective who's kicked off the force for being a hot head, and gets a job moonlighting as the bodyguard for an elderly lady (Elizabeth Risdon), matriarch and acting manager of a large and successful meat-packing company, whose life is being threatened for unknown reasons. Of course it's not long before we and Tierney realize that he's been set up to be the fall guy for a crooked plot to swindle the company away from the old lady, and he helps crack the case with the help of his girl Friday Priscilla Lane.
"Bodyguard" is almost laughingly short and inconsequential, but it's an awful lot of fun. There's nothing especially striking about the writing or visual style, but yet it doesn't feel anonymous either. There are some clever set pieces to distinguish the film, most notably a scene that takes place in an optometrist's office and that uses some clever lighting and framing. And Tierney has a cute relationship with Lane, and it's refreshing to see a woman in a film like this take an active role in solving the crime rather than simply be someone the leading man has to rescue.
Robert Altman (credited as Robert B. Altman) wrote the story for this film at the ripe old age of 25.
Far from a must see, but enjoyable if you can find it.
Grade: B-
"Bodyguard" is almost laughingly short and inconsequential, but it's an awful lot of fun. There's nothing especially striking about the writing or visual style, but yet it doesn't feel anonymous either. There are some clever set pieces to distinguish the film, most notably a scene that takes place in an optometrist's office and that uses some clever lighting and framing. And Tierney has a cute relationship with Lane, and it's refreshing to see a woman in a film like this take an active role in solving the crime rather than simply be someone the leading man has to rescue.
Robert Altman (credited as Robert B. Altman) wrote the story for this film at the ripe old age of 25.
Far from a must see, but enjoyable if you can find it.
Grade: B-
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- May 17, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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