Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner Brothers offer behind-the-scenes tours. On Hollywood Boulevard, TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, the Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries and vendors sell maps to stars’ homes.

Direction

Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( exterior scenes )

Bodyguard (1948)

Runtime: 62 minutes

Rating: 6.5

Release year: 1948

IMDB: tt0040178

Plot summary

After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Film-Noir

Cast

Lawrence Tierney

Priscilla Lane

Phillip Reed

June Clayworth

Directors

Richard Fleischer

Bodyguard Filming Locations

Bodyguard Filming Locations

1: RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Studio )

2: 953 North Orange Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Continental Meat Packing Corporation plant )

3: Wrigley Field - 42nd Place & Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA ( baseball game )

4: 901 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Mike racing to Doris, dodging steetcars on the 7 line, passing The Famous Department Store at this address )

5: Savoy Garage, LA's oldest, Curlett & Beelman, 1923, W 4th Street and S Olive, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Police car rounding corner past the Savoy Garage )

6: Cahuenga Blvd., Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA ( exterior scenes )

7: Hall of Justice - 211 W. Temple Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA ( Police Department headquarters )

8: Los Angeles, California, USA

9: Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( exterior scenes )

Bodyguard (1948)