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Bodyguard (1949)

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Release Date: Sep 4, 1948 Wide

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Granite-jawed Lawrence Tierney is the Bodyguard in this second-echelon noir thriller. Invited to resign from the LA police, short-tempered Mike Carter (Tierney) hires on to protect wealthy dowager Eugenia Dyson (Elizabeth Risdon). Before the film has reached its halfway point, Carter has been accused of murder, and is being hunted down by his former fellow officers. Only his file-clerk fiancee Doris Brewster (Priscilla Lane) believes in Carter's innocence, and it is she who is instrumental in

Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Richard Fleischer

Written By: Robert Altman, Harry Essex

In Theaters: Sep 4, 1948 Wide

Cast

Lawrence Tierney
Mike Carter
Priscilla Lane
Doris Brewster
Phillip Reed
Freddie Dysen
June Clayworth
Connie
Elizabeth Risdon
Gene Dysen
Steve Brodie
Fenton
Frank Fenton
Lt. Borden
Philip Reed
Elisabeth Risdon

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Ends in pure tedium, its 62-minute running time feeling more like three hours.

May 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A solid but routine action B-film crime drama that plays like a Mike Hammer episode.

June 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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