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My Bodyguard (1980) 6.8
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard. Director:Tony BillWriter:Alan Ormsby |
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Cast
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Clifford
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| Adam Baldwin | ... |
Linderman
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Paul Quandt | ... |
Carson
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| Hank Salas | ... |
Mike
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Dean R. Miller | ... |
Hightower
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Tim Reyna | ... |
Koontz
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Richard Bradley | ... |
Dubrow
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Denise Baske | ... |
Leilani
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Vicky Nelson | ... |
Freddy
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Reissman
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Paul Charbonneau | ... |
Allen
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Laura Salenger | ... |
Girl
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Bert Hoddinott | ... |
Burt
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Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. These punks pretend to be bodyguards for the kids to protect them from Linderman who, it is rumored, killed his brother in cold blood. Clifford befriends the sullen Linderman and hires him as his bodyguard. When Moody ups the ante, Linderman must decide whether fighting for what he believes in, with his haunted past and image, is justified. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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blood | bully | high school | fire escape | grandmother grandson relationship |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 September 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bodyguard See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Market Street Productions, Melvin Simon Productions See more »
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Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung by Ruth Gordon in the hotel kitchen
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Shelley is shown without a necklace in the restaurant, but wearing a silver necklace in the junkyard. See more »Soundtracks
"She's a Latin from Manhattan"Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung by Ruth Gordon in the hotel kitchen
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I recently saw this movie again and I was surprised at how well it holds up. The story isn't dated, the situations are universal and current and the acting is fine. The plots are believable, interesting and satisfying. For a sleeper of a film in 1980, it stands out as 1 of the better teen genre pieces that flooded the theaters in the 80's. The ending is a bit sappy, but it still doesn't detract from a very sweet story with characters you can actually cheer for (except, of course for Moody and Mike, but it was fun booing them as well).