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My Bodyguard is a 1980 American family comedy drama film directed by Tony Bill (his directorial debut), and written by Alan Ormsby. The film stars Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin (in his first film role), Matt Dillon, Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon.
Sep 26, 1980 · My Bodyguard: Directed by Tony Bill. With Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt. When Clifford Peache enrolls in a new high school and is harassed by a bully named Moody, Clifford acquires the services of the school's most feared kid, the sullen Ricky Linderman, as a bodyguard.
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Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is a sensitive, well-to-do teen who becomes the target of bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon) after he starts attending...
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My Bodyguard. HD. After having a run-in with class bullies, a new kid in school hires a mysterious, hulking classmate to protect him in this '80s classic. 2,084. IMDb 7.1 1 h 36 min 1980 PG. Comedy • Drama • Bold • Downbeat.
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 smaller, timid students, allegedly to protect them from a school outcast, the large, sullen Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin).
Linderman (Adam Baldwin) is a school legend, a big, hulking kid who allegedly killed his brother, raped a teacher, hit a cop, you name it. The movie's inspiration is to have Clifford think his way out of his dilemma neutralizing Linderman by hiring him as a bodyguard.