My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTony Bill
Written byAlan Ormsby
Produced byMelvin Simon
Don Devlin
StarringChris Makepeace
Ruth Gordon
Matt Dillon
John Houseman
Craig Richard Nelson
Kathryn Grody
Adam Baldwin
Martin Mull
CinematographyMichael D. Margulies
Edited byStu Linder
Music byDave Grusin
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • July 11, 1980 (1980-07-11) (Limited)
  • August 15, 1980 (1980-08-15) (Wide)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1988). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Scarecrow Press. p. 259. ISBN 9780810842441.