An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Tom McCleister
- Red Woodas Red Wood
- (as Thom McCleister)
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin). The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin Dorfler (John Ashton), a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship. —Rob Hartill
Top review
A Masterpiece
One of the smartest, funniest, and exciting buddy pictures ever made. It has never received the wonderful attention it justly deserves. The performances by the two leads (De Niro and Grodin) are wonderful and they get outstanding support from Joe Pantolino, Dennis Farina, and Yaphet Kotto. But what separates this picture from all the other action / comedies ever made is that the screenplay is so sharp and original. Easily my all time favorite movie - you know how I know that? I must have seen "Midnight Run" at least thirty times and every time I see it, it gets better and better. A true film classic and is getting rereleased on DVD in June of 2003.
helpful•20332
- DotelMotel
- Mar 10, 2003
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Recently viewed
Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.