Movies / Midnight Run (1988)
Runtime: 126 min
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the extradition trip from New York to Los Angeles will be an uneventful one. But the prisoner hasn't told Walsh the whole story: the embezzler owes $15 million to a mobster (Dennis Farina), and he's been targeted for assassination. It's a toss-up as to what is the most entertaining aspect of Midnight Run: the slam-bang action and chase sequences or the verbal byplay between DeNiro and Grodin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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| Directors (1) | Credit |
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| Martin Brest | ... |
| Writers (1) | Credit |
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| George Gallo | (written by) |
| Composers (1) | Credit |
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| Danny Elfman | ... |
| Editors (3) | Credit |
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| Billy Weber | ... |
| Chris Lebenzon | ... |
| Michael Tronick | ... |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Donald E. Thorin | (director of photography) (as Donald Thorin) |
| Actors (57) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andy Charnoki | Flagstaff Sheriff |
| Armando Muniz | Serrano Bodyguard |
| Bill Fritz | Bar Customer |
| Bob Maroff | L.A. Taxi Driver |
| Cameron Milzer | Stewardess #1 |
| Charles Grodin | Jonathan Mardukas |
| Dale Beard Jr. | Native American |
| Dan York | Las Vegas FBI Agent #1 |
| Dennis Farina | Jimmy Serrano |
| Fran Brill | Dana Mardukas |
| Frank Pesce | Carmine |
| George Miklos | Airport Manager (uncredited) |
| Jack Kehoe | Jerry Geisler |
| Jack N. Young | Amarillo Desk Sergeant |
| James Portolese | Serrano Bodyguard (as Jim Portese) |
| Jimmie Ray Weeks | FBI Agent Tuttle (as Jimmy Ray Weeks) |
| Jock L. Schloss | No Character Name (uncredited) |
| Joe Pantoliano | Eddie Moscone |
| Joe 'Tippy' Zeoli | Serrano Bodyguard |
| John Ashton | Marvin Dorfler |
| John Hammil | FBI Surveillance Agent #2 |
| John Toles-Bey | Monroe Bouchet |
| Linda Margules | Car Rental Clerk |
| Lisa Burnett | Undercover Cop (uncredited) |
| Lois Smith | Mrs. Nelson |
| Lou Felder | Airline Pilot |
| Martin Brest | Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
| Mary Gillis | Bus Ticket Clerk |
| Matt Jennings | Jason |
| Michael Hawkins | FBI Surveillance Agent #1 (as Michael Gainsborough) |
| Paul Joseph McKenna | Ohio Policeman |
| Pete Jensen | Flagstaff Police Captain |
| Philip Baker Hall | Sidney |
| Richard Foronjy | Tony Darvo |
| Richard Gonzalez | Bar Cashier |
| Robert Coleman | Native American |
| Robert De Niro | Jack Walsh |
| Robert Minkoff | No Character Name (uncredited) |
| Robert Miranda | Joey |
| Robert Vento | Serrano Bodyguard |
| Rosemarie Murphy | Coffee Shop Waitress |
| Rowdy Burdick | Las Vegas FBI Agent #2 |
| Sam Sanders | Train Porter |
| Scott McAfee | Boy on Plane |
| Sherman L. Robbins | Native American |
| Sonia M. Roberts | Stewardess #2 |
| Stanley White | Stanley |
| Thomas J. Hageboeck | Sergeant Gooch |
| Thomas Nez | Native American |
| Tom Irwin | FBI Agent Perry |
| Tom McCleister | Red Wood (as Thom McCleister) |
| Tracey Walter | Diner Counter Man |
| Varnoy Lee | Airport Porter |
| Wendy Phillips | Gail |
| Wilfred Netsosie | Native American |
| William Robbins | Native American |
| Yaphet Kotto | Alonzo Mosely |