My Bodyguard
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| Directed by | Tony Bill |
| Produced by | Melvin Simon Don Devlin |
| Written by | Alan Ormsby |
| Starring |
Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Matt Dillon Martin Mull Ruth Gordon |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography | Michael D. Margulies |
| Edited by | Stu Linder |
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Melvin Simon Productions
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $22.5 million |
My Bodyguard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Tony Bill (his directorial debut), and written by Alan Ormsby. The film stars Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon.
The film was the debut of both Baldwin and an uncredited Jennifer Beals, and was Joan Cusack's first major film.
Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) lives in an upscale Chicago luxury hotel with his father (Martin Mull), who manages the hotel, and his eccentric but loving grandmother (Ruth Gordon). Clifford spends his nights with his family relaxing on the rooftop patio and spying on the neighbors through a telescope. He is the new kid at Lake View High School, where he arrives in a hotel limousine.
Clifford becomes a target of abuse from a bully, Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon). Moody and his gang of thugs, Dubrow (Richard Bradley), Koontz (Tim Reyna), and Hightower (Dean R. Miller), regularly terrorize and extort lunch money from other students, allegedly to protect them from a school outcast, the large, sullen Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin). According to school legend, Ricky has killed several people, including his own little brother. A teacher (Kathryn Grody) tells Clifford that the only violence she's aware of from Ricky's past occurred when his younger brother died accidentally while playing with a gun.
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