Movie
My Bodyguard
Overview
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-07-11
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Melvin Simon Productions, Market Street Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chris Makepeace as Clifford Peache
- Adam Baldwin as Ricky Linderman
- Matt Dillon as Melvin Moody
- Paul Quandt as Carson
- Hank Salas as Mike
- Joan Cusack as Shelley
- Dean R. Miller as Hightower
- Tim Reyna as Koontz
- Richard Bradley as Dubrow
- Denise Baske as Leilani
- Vicky Nelson as Freddy
- Tom Rielly as Reissman
Crew
- Tony Bill - Director
- Alan Ormsby - Writer
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