Midnight Run (1988)
Director
Martin Brest
Main cast
Robert De Niro; Charles Grodin; Yaphet Kotto; John Ashton; Dennis Farina
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Description
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Martin Brest
Main cast
Robert De Niro; Charles Grodin; Yaphet Kotto; John Ashton; Dennis Farina
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Description
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
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