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Midnight Run (1988)

Directed by:
Martin Brest

Written by:
George Gallo

Plot:
Jack Walsh is a former cop from Chicago, who was framed by criminal he was investigating and about to arrest. He is now a bounty hunter based in Los Angeles. His boss wants him to find, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas, an accountant, who was working for Las Vegas mobster, who stole millions of dollars from him and gave it away. His boss was the one who bailed him out, and now unless he can get him back in L.A. in the next 5 days, he will forfeit the bond and be placed out of business. So he sends Jack to get him, which is Midnight Run or easy job in the bail bond business. Except for the fact that the man The Duke stole the money from, wants to get him, and he is also the same man who framed Jack. And also the FBI wants to get Mardukas so that they can use him to get his boss, so they warn Walsh not to get in their way. But Walsh nevertheless finds The Duke and is about bring him back but when Mardukas claims that he has difficulty with flying the airline throws them out of the plane, so they have to go back on the road. When Walsh's boss, learns that he didn't arrive when he was suppose to, he sends another bounty hunter, Marvin, who is Jack's greatest adversary, to get Mardukas. And when Marvin cancels Walsh's card, they don't have enough funds to make it all the way, so they have to scrape everything they have. And it doesn't help that Mardukas is doing everything he can to escape, cause he says that his former boss can get him even in jail.

Genres: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 126

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Cast:
Robert De Niro... Jack Walsh
Joe Pantoliano... Eddie Moscone
Tracey Walter... Diner Counter Man
Frank Pesce... Carmine
John Ashton... Marvin Dorfler
Dennis Farina... Jimmy Serrano
Jack Kehoe... Jerry Geisler
Lois Smith... Mrs. Nelson
Yaphet Kotto... FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely
Richard Foronjy... Tony Darvo
Jimmie Ray Weeks... FBI Agent Tuttle
Charles Grodin... Jonathan Mardukas
Bob Maroff... L.A. Taxi Driver
John Hammil... FBI Surveillance Agent #2
Mary Gillis... Bus Ticket Clerk
Lou Felder... Airline Pilot
John Toles-Bey... Monroe Bouchet
Thomas J. Hageboeck... Sergeant Gooch
Tom Irwin (I)... FBI Agent Perry
Tom McCleister... Bill 'Red' Wood
Cameron Milzer... Stewardess #1
Fran Brill... Dana Mardukas

     Full Cast (alphabetical order)

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