My Bodyguard is a 1980 comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Tony Bill, and written by Alan Ormsby. It stars Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin (his movie debut), Matt Dillon, Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon. This movie ranked number 45 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.
Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is the new kid at Lake View High in Chicago. Clifford, who arrives at school in a hotel limo, soon ...
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My Bodyguard is a 1980 comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Tony Bill, and written by Alan Ormsby. It stars Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin (his movie debut), Matt Dillon, Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon. This movie ranked number 45 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.
Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is the new kid at Lake View High in Chicago. Clifford, who arrives at school in a hotel limo, soon becomes a target of abuse from school bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon). Moody and his gang of thugs (Dubrow, Koontz, and Hightower) regularly terrorize and extort lunch money from other students (supposedly "protection" from school outcast Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin) who, according to school legend, killed his own little brother). Living with his hotel-manager father (Martin Mull) and wildly eccentric but loving grandmother (Ruth Gordon) in a fancy hotel, Clifford spends his nights with his family relaxing on the roof garden and spying on...
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