Famously-capable director Richard Fleischer could turn out b-movie noirs and most were pretty good while actor Lawrence Tierney had the same appeal as either a leading villain or grimacing good guy...
The latter here playing a tough maverick cop who punches the captain and loses his job in BODYGUARD, written by young future auteur Robert Altman and involving the owner of a meat-packing-plant (a strange concept in itself) having Tierney be her own personal... well... the title says it all...
Actually it's her nephew that hires him, and from the first time he's on screen, bugging a reluctant Tierney for help, it's obvious he's our villain given the swarthy-smug aura; and soon enough one of the most popular noir elements occurs as Tierney's made Wrong Man for the murder of a...
Well for an initially basic premise it all gets rather complicated, and, sadly, given the talent on both sides of the camera, not very involving, in particular the awful miscasting of good-girl-next-door Priscilla Lane as Tierney's optimistic fiance, joining him in the last half's chase that's the best part of this programmer's 70-minute runtime.
The latter here playing a tough maverick cop who punches the captain and loses his job in BODYGUARD, written by young future auteur Robert Altman and involving the owner of a meat-packing-plant (a strange concept in itself) having Tierney be her own personal... well... the title says it all...
Actually it's her nephew that hires him, and from the first time he's on screen, bugging a reluctant Tierney for help, it's obvious he's our villain given the swarthy-smug aura; and soon enough one of the most popular noir elements occurs as Tierney's made Wrong Man for the murder of a...
Well for an initially basic premise it all gets rather complicated, and, sadly, given the talent on both sides of the camera, not very involving, in particular the awful miscasting of good-girl-next-door Priscilla Lane as Tierney's optimistic fiance, joining him in the last half's chase that's the best part of this programmer's 70-minute runtime.