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Director:
Frank De Palma
Writers (WGA):
George Gallo (characters)
Jerrold E. Brown (written by) ...
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Release Date:
20 March 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Comedy
Tagline:
At catching bail jumpers, Jack Walsh is the fastest in the business...holding on to them is another story. [UK Box Cover]
Plot:
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to prevent the young man's arrest. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Extremely watchable. Extremely underestimated. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christopher McDonald ... Jack Walsh
Kyle Secor ... Dale Adder
Ed O'Ross ... Marvin Dorfler

Rebecca Cross ... Gina

John Fleck ... Jerry Geisler

Dan Hedaya ... Eddie Moscone

Tom McCleister ... Hal Mooney
Gary Grubbs ... Lester
Leon Russom ... Sheriff Burton

Beverly Leech ... Reba

Jeff Doucette ... Orvis
Sarah Lassez ... Angie
Tim De Zarn ... Farmer #1
Jack Orend ... Farmer #2 (as Jack R. Orend)
Brian Lechner ... Farmer #3
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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The lake scene was shot out in Santa Clarita, CA where it was about 32 degrees at night. Filming the scene was a pretty miserable experience for the cast and crew. more
Quotes:
Lester: Hogwash! You're not going to shoot that boy!
Jack Walsh: Hogwash?
[laughs]
Jack Walsh: I'm from L.A., remember? I kill people for cutting me off in traffic!
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Movie Connections:
References Quick Change (1990) more

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Extremely watchable. Extremely underestimated., 22 December 2006
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Author: lomaxfellow from United States

"Midnight Runaround" is the third installment of the MIDNIGHT RUN films, put together for TV to bring back bounty-hunter Jack Walsh. It was not as successful as the first film. Even writer George Gallo had to do with this movie, but it failed, lacking the buddy humor as in the first one.

This time, Christopher McDonald takes over Robert De Niro's Walsh. Now, it is quite difficult to follow in a great actor's footsteps, especially as good an actor as Robert De Niro, but, Christopher McDonald gives a very entertaining performance as Walsh, even though the movie trails off before the end. Christopher McDonald gives Walsh a completely new personality. He gets desperate and angry, but also he has self-confidence which gets him into trouble.

Instead of finding an accountant who embezzled $15 Million dollars, Walsh now has to pick up bail-jumper Dale Adder(Kyle Secor) who escapes L.A. for his home in Oklahoma. Walsh comes across the case and it's another Midnight Run. But, this case wasn't assigned to Walsh from bail bondsman Eddie Moscone(Dan Hedaya). Instead, Walsh gets into debt, and takes a job from a rival company. So, furious with a vengeance, Eddie sends Marvin Dorfler played by Ed O'Ross, to stop Walsh's gaining effort.

When Walsh reaches Oklahoma, he finds himself in another problem. The whole town is protecting Adder and suddenly becomes more funny and stupid than dangerous as they first seem. The characters and story are o-Kay for what they were. The tension between Walsh and Adder was whats missing from the script. That made the first movie become alive.

This film and the other MIDNIGHT RUN films "Another Midnight Run" and "Midnight Run for Your Life" were part of Universal TV's "Action Pack" movie package. They included over 20 made-for-TV movies.

You won't find much information about this movie or the others. If you do, I suggest watching them unless you are a die-hard fan of the original. The made-for-TV MIDNIGHT RUN movies that time forgot are COMPLETELY underrated and underestimated. Christopher McDonald gives Jack Walsh a great performance and is woth seeing. "Midnight Runaround" is a very good installment to the "Midnight Run" series.

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