Film
Midnight Run (1988)
This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Comedy, Crime, Thriller· Directed by Martin Brest· 126 min
Overview
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
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- A tough bounty hunter. A sensitive criminal.
- Robert De Niro has to get the FBI off his case, the mob off his trail, and Charles Grodin off his back!
- Taking The Midnight Run Is A Hell Of A Way To Make A Living
- Charles Grodin embezzled 15 million dollars. The mob wants him dead. The F.B.I. wants him alive. Robert De Niro just wants him to shut up.
- Monday... Escape with their lives from New York... Tuesday... Impersonate F.B.I. agents in Chicago... Wednesday... Steal plane in New Mexico... Thursday... Almost kill each other by accident... Friday... Almost kill each other on purpose...
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Connections
Top billing
- Robert De Niro as John Wesley “Jack” Walsh
- Charles Grodin as Jonathan Mardukas aka “The Duke”
- Yaphet Kotto as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
- John Ashton as Marvin Dorfler, Headhunter
- Dennis Farina as Jimmy Serrano, Chicago mobster