Midnight Run (1988)

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This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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.

• Released: 1988-07-20
• Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
• Runtime: 2h 6m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 1,344 votes

Directed by Martin Brest.

Top cast

• 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
• Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
• Richard Foronjy as Tony Darvo, Serrano's henchman
• Robert Miranda as Joey, Serrano's henchman
• Jack Kehoe as Jerry Geisler, Tony's secretary
• Wendy Phillips as Gail, Jack's ex-wife

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Midnight Run

• United States: stream on YouTube TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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