My Bodyguard

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My Bodyguard is a 1980 movie released by 20th Century Fox studios, directed by Tony Bill, and written by Alan Ormsby. It stars Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Adam Baldwin (his movie debut), Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon. This movie ranked number 45 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies

Plot

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 eccentric but loving grandmother (Ruth Gordon) in a fancy hotel, Clifford spends his nights with his family spying on the neighbors through a telescope. When he asks Linderman to be his bodyguard, Linderman initially refuses, but both boys soon become friends when Ricky saves Clifford from a beating by Moody and his gang.

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 Holliston
• Martin Mull as Larry Peache
• Ruth Gordon as Gramma Peache
• John Houseman as Dobbs
• Craig Richard Nelson as Griffith

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