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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)
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A good entry point into the 1940s Lawrence Tierney ouevre
Id like to think Altman (24 at the time) wrote that Mike Carter listening to the Exposition Lady on the Many Records scene himself (it slaps, especially the bit where the woman talks to the person listening in), plus that amusing set piece at the eye doctor's office.
Bodyguard is somewhat Meat and Potatoes 'Some-Mug-Set-Me-Up-Ill-Find-Out-Who-Can't-Go-To-the-Cops-Whaddaya-Crazy piece of pulp, elevated by some decent if occasionally uncanny direction from Fleischer (watch for those EXTREME close-ups and quick zoom-ins - say, maybe this did influence Altman after all) and in particular Tierney, who plays this ex-homicide detective turned bodyguard turned Man Solving His Own Frame-Job with some quick skills, a bit of wit and a number of swift punches and choke-holds (not to mention disguises, re that Eye doctor scene). Everyone else here is more or less serviceable, but his presence single-handedly makes it compelling; in another world, he couldve been a more hard-boiled Dick Tracy.
I'm not sure if it would be quite as memorable without its star and a few above average twists (and one I called halfway through... Yeah, I wasn't quick on the draw this time). A true blue B movie that goes by like reading a crumpled paperback on a commute.
(Really, much as I kid, the Altman part is a bit of a foot-note, one of four credited writers, and he didn't go back to movies gor another nine years)
Bodyguard is somewhat Meat and Potatoes 'Some-Mug-Set-Me-Up-Ill-Find-Out-Who-Can't-Go-To-the-Cops-Whaddaya-Crazy piece of pulp, elevated by some decent if occasionally uncanny direction from Fleischer (watch for those EXTREME close-ups and quick zoom-ins - say, maybe this did influence Altman after all) and in particular Tierney, who plays this ex-homicide detective turned bodyguard turned Man Solving His Own Frame-Job with some quick skills, a bit of wit and a number of swift punches and choke-holds (not to mention disguises, re that Eye doctor scene). Everyone else here is more or less serviceable, but his presence single-handedly makes it compelling; in another world, he couldve been a more hard-boiled Dick Tracy.
I'm not sure if it would be quite as memorable without its star and a few above average twists (and one I called halfway through... Yeah, I wasn't quick on the draw this time). A true blue B movie that goes by like reading a crumpled paperback on a commute.
(Really, much as I kid, the Altman part is a bit of a foot-note, one of four credited writers, and he didn't go back to movies gor another nine years)
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- Quinoa1984
- Oct 10, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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