A lightning paced noir from Richard Fleischer featuring another tough as nails performance by Lawrence Tierney. As a cop recently drummed off the force, Tierney reluctantly takes a job as bodyguard to the head of meat packing company and uncovers plenty of shenanigans. Fleischer, who excelled at putting together excellent hard boiled thrillers during the early part of his career, does not disappoint here. This slender noir gives Tierney a great opportunity to do what he does best...snarl and toss off nasty one-liners. He's always entertaining. He's also well paired with the terrific Priscilla Lane. Always full of spunk and game for anything, it's a shame that the very talented Lane did not have a more substanative film career.
Review of Bodyguard
