My Bodyguard

"Terrorized in the Toilets? Chased after school? Shaken down for lunch money? GET A BODYGUARD"

Sep 26 1980 PG 1h 36m
Comedy, Drama, Family

Clifford Peach, 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.

Plot

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

Alan Ormsby

Directed by

Tony Bill

Cast

Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Melvin Simon Productions, Market Street Productions, 20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Trailers
My Bodyguard 1980 TV trailer
Scores
# of Votes
11,630
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
67
Popularity
NA