To provide a cable or the like protection and guide device in which even if link frame bodies receive torsion and deflection during a linear movement or a bending movement, a mutual connection can be reliably maintained and a connection and assembly operation for the link frame bodies is easy and a stable molding accuracy and a small cost load on a molding mold can be obtained. In a cable or the like protection and guide device 100 in which a large number of rectangular link frame bodies 110 each comprising a pair of spaced link plates 111, 111, and connecting plates 112, 112 bridged the pair of link plates 111, 111 respectively are articulately connected to each other, when said link frame bodies 110 are connected to each other in a linear state, a link disconnection preventing groove portion 111g engaged with an inner circumferential side edge 111h of the link plate 111 is provided on the both left and right ends 112a, 112a of the connecting plate bridged over the bending inner circumferential side of said link frame body 110, respectively, and when said link frame bodies 110 are connected to each other in a bending state, a link disconnection preventing cutaway portion 111k engaged with an inner circumferential side edge 111h of the link plate 111 is provided on the both left and right ends 112a, 112a of the connecting plate bridged over the bending inner circumferential side of said link frame body 110, respectively.