The Guardian (1984 film)

The Guardian is a 1984 American thriller film directed by David Greene and written by Richard Levinson and William Link. The film stars Martin Sheen, Louis Gossett Jr., Arthur Hill, Tandy Cronyn, Simon Reynolds and Tom Harvey. The film premiered on HBO on October 20, 1984.[1][2][3]

The Guardian
GenreThriller
Written byRichard Levinson
William Link
Directed byDavid Greene
StarringMartin Sheen
Louis Gossett Jr.
Arthur Hill
Tandy Cronyn
Simon Reynolds
Tom Harvey
Composer(s)Robert O. Ragland
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Stanley Chase
Production location(s)New York City
Toronto
CinematographyRichard Ciupka
Editor(s)Edward M. Abroms
Running time105 minutes
Production company(s)HBO Premiere Films
Robert Cooper Productions
Stanley Chase Productions
HBO
DistributorLorimar
HBO
Release
Original networkHBO
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMono
Original release
  • October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)

Plot

The inhabitants of a New York City apartment building are plagued by burglaries and murder, and they have finally had enough. So they employ ex-military man John Mack (Louis Gossett Jr.) to protect their building as a security guard. Mack's techniques are precise and intense, and soon his overbearing and power-mad nature begins to chafe resident Charles Hyatt (Martin Sheen). Hyatt seeks Mack's removal, but will he have to forfeit his own safety in his quest for freedom?

The ending illustrates how Charles Hyatt comes to terms with the necessity of having a tough, no-nonsense security guard in order to protect the residents in their part of town (albeit reluctantly).

Cast
gollark: Connections to websites themselves run over HTTPS, which I'm mostly trusting of (MITM attacks are a thing and the government does realistically have access to a cert I'll trust, but that's detectable), and my DNS resolution also runs over HTTPS.
gollark: I figure that if the government here actually wants to see the content of my internet traffic, they probably could individually muck with my connection/devices/whatever somehow, but also probably do not do this generally or particularly often.
gollark: Sure! But that doesn't mean they're actively being exploited all the time.
gollark: Also, it is possible that you are overestimating the reach of random intelligence agencies, inasmuch as a lot of communication is now cryptographically secured.
gollark: <@!237554605762936834> You know you can try and *reduce* the amount of random spying you experience?

References
  1. O'Connor, John J. (1984-10-25). "'The Guardian' On HBO". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. "Guardian, The (1984) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. Hal Erickson (1984-10-20). "The Guardian (1984) - David Greene". AllMovie. Retrieved 2017-10-31.


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