![]() In return, Mardukas gives Walsh $300,000 in a money belt he had been hiding, clarifying that it is a gift, as he let him leave. Before parting, Walsh gives a watch that his wife gave him before their marriage, to Mardukas symbolizing he has finally let her go. However, Walsh realizes that he cannot bring himself to send Mardukas to prison, and lets him go scot-free. Mosely turns Mardukas over to Walsh with enough time to return him to Los Angeles by the deadline. ![]() After Serrano takes the disks, the FBI closes in, arresting Serrano and his henchmen. Dorfler spots Mardukas and interrupts the exchange, unknowingly disabling the wire. Walsh meets up with Serrano while wearing a wire and being watched by the FBI. He then makes a deal to deliver Serrano to the FBI in exchange for being allowed to take Mardukas back. Walsh bluffs Serrano's men that he has computer disks created by Mardukas with enough information to put Serrano away, but promises to hand them over if he hands him over unharmed. However, Dorfler accidentally reveals to Serrano's men where he is keeping Mardukas so is knocked unconscious by them, who then go after Mardukas themselves. While arguing with Moscone over the phone, Walsh realizes that Dorfler intends to turn Mardukas over to Serrano for $2 million. In Arizona, Dorfler takes him away from Walsh, who is found by Mosely. Later, Mardukas learns that the drug dealer was Serrano. However, Walsh has clung to the vain hope that his ex-wife will reunite with him. ![]() His wife divorced him and married a corrupt lieutenant. To avoid both going to prison and working for the dealer, Walsh resigned from the force, left Chicago and became a bounty hunter. Walsh eventually reveals that he was working as an undercover officer in Chicago 10 years ago trying to get close to a drug dealer who had almost the entire police force on his payroll.Įventually, just as Walsh was going to bust the dealer, corrupt cops planted heroin in his house. Meanwhile, word of the skirmish on the train reaches Mosely's ears and he leads a task force to find Walsh and Mardukas. Without funds, he is forced to rely on other means to get across the country, including stealing cars, borrowing his ex-wife’s car in Chicago, and hitchhiking. When Walsh attempts to purchase bus tickets with a credit card, he discovers that Dorfler cancelled it. When they fail to show up in Los Angeles on time, Moscone sends rival bounty hunter Marvin Dorfler to find them.ĭorfler tracks them to the train and attempts to take The Duke from Walsh, but Walsh gets the drop on him and leaves the train. However, Mardukas fakes a panic attack on the plane, forcing the two men to travel via train. Walsh captures Mardukas in New York and calls Moscone from the airport, not knowing that Moscone's line is being tapped by the FBI and that his assistant Jerry is secretly tipping off Serrano's men. Serrano’s henchmen Tony and Joey offer Walsh $1 million to turn Mardukas over to them, but he turns them down. Walsh takes no notice of this and instead steals Mosely's ID, which he uses to pass himself off as an FBI agent along his journey. Walsh is then approached by FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosely, who needs Mardukas to be a witness against Serrano, so orders him to keep away from him. ![]() Moscone says the job is easy, a "midnight run", but Walsh demands $100,000. Walsh must bring Mardukas back within 5 days or Moscone defaults. The accountant had embezzled $15 million from Chicago mob boss Jimmy Serrano before skipping on the $450,000 bail Moscone had posted for him. Jack Walsh, a bounty hunter, is enlisted by bail bondsman Eddie Moscone to bring accountant Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas back to Los Angeles. A critical and commercial success, the film was followed by The Midnight Run Action Pack in 1994, three made for television sequels which did not feature any of the principal actors, although a few characters are carried over from the first film. Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, and Philip Baker Hall play supporting roles.Īt the 46th Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor for De Niro. Midnight Run is a 1988 American road action buddy comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.
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