Lady Bodyguard
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
Critics Sentiment
Miss Tracy changes the policy from $1000 to $1000000
Baker tricks Moore into forced stay at alcoholic sanitarium
The film plummeted from its clever premise peak to its lowest point when Baker's sanitarium deception was criticized as mean spirited and stupid.
Lady Bodyguard starts promisingly with a clever premise that reviewers appreciated, but quickly deteriorates with mean spirited comedy and unsympathetic characters. The film recovers somewhat in its final act but never regains the goodwill lost during its problematic middle section, resulting in a mediocre overall reception.
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