My Bodyguard | |
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Directed by | Tony Bill |
Written by | Alan Ormsby |
Produced by | Melvin Simon Don Devlin |
Starring | Chris Makepeace Ruth Gordon Matt Dillon John Houseman Craig Richard Nelson Kathryn Grody Adam Baldwin Martin Mull |
Cinematography | Michael D. Margulies |
Edited by | Stu Linder |
Music by | Dave Grusin |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million[1] |
Box office | $22.5 million |
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.
The film was the debut of both Baldwin and an uncredited Jennifer Beals and was Joan Cusack's first major film.