Midnight Run for Your Life
Encyclopedia
Midnight Run for Your Life (1994) is the third in a series of made-for-TV sequel/spin-offs for Universal Television
's Action Pack of the widely acclaimed action/comedy Midnight Run
. Following the further misadventures of ex-Chicago-cop-turned-bounty-hunter, Jack Walsh (a role originated on the big screen by Robert De Niro
), Midnight Run for Your Life is a somewhat darker/more dramatic story than its predecessors Another Midnight Run
and Midnight Runaround
.
Though Lorna survives the explosion (intended to kill her and the cop), she finds herself --as the only material witness to the crime she unwittingly abetted--wanted by both the cops and the mob (Vega's employers). Distraught, Lorna flees to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and takes out a contract on her own life (suicide-by-hitman.)
Meanwhile, Vega (posing as Lorna's father) hires Los Angeles bail bondsman, Eddie Moscone (Hedaya) to send in a bounty hunter to bring her back to LA alive. Eddie offers the job to bounty hunter Jack Walsh (McDonald) for $10,000. He doesn't want to take the job because Eddie keeps on stiffing him his money. Eddie threatens to give the job to rival bounty hunter Marvin Dorfler, who does not make an appearance.
When Walsh finds her in Cabo San Lucas, Lorna thinks he's her hitman. After a night of dancing, Lorna finds out the truth, hits Walsh out of anger and returns to her hotel room in a huff.
Walsh's attempt to recover her is initially thwarted by the untimely arrival of the real hit-man, but they escape--with the hitman, the cops, and Vega's goons all hot on their trail. Along the way, the still-despondent Lorna keeps looking for--and finding--all manner of new ways to kill herself. And for the tough Jack Walsh, there's another problem. He's falling in love.
Universal Television
Universal Television is the television production arm of the NBCUniversal Television Group, and by extension, the NBC television network...
's Action Pack of the widely acclaimed action/comedy Midnight Run
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 American action comedy film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter and Charles Grodin as his prisoner....
. Following the further misadventures of ex-Chicago-cop-turned-bounty-hunter, Jack Walsh (a role originated on the big screen by Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
), Midnight Run for Your Life is a somewhat darker/more dramatic story than its predecessors Another Midnight Run
Another Midnight Run
Another Midnight Run is the first in a series of made-for-TV movies for Universal Television's Action Pack based on the popular feature film Midnight Run put together by MCA TV to resurrect Los Angeles bounty-hunter Jack Walsh, who tasted box office success in 1988...
and Midnight Runaround
Midnight Runaround
Midnight Runaround is the second in a series of made-for-TV spin-offs for Universal Television's Action Pack of the action/comedy Midnight Run put together by MCA TV to resurrect Bounty-Hunter Jack Walsh, who tasted box office success in 1988...
.
Cast
- Christopher McDonaldChristopher McDonaldChristopher McDonald is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream, and Mel Allen in the HBO film 61*.-Personal life:...
: Jack Walsh - Melora WaltersMelora WaltersMelora Walters is an American actress.-Personal life:Walters was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to American parents. She was partly raised there and in Holland. Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois...
: Lorna Bellstratten - Vincent Guastaferro : Michael Vega
- Dan HedayaDan HedayaDaniel G. “Dan” Hedaya is an American character actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals; three of his best-known roles are as Italian Mafia boss Tony Costello in Wise Guys, a cuckolded husband in the Coen brothers' crime thriller Blood Simple, and the scheming...
: Eddie Moscone - John Fleck : Jerry Geisler
- Richard BradfordRichard Bradford (actor)Richard Bradford is an American actor, known for his lead role as former CIA agent turned private eye McGill in the British TV adventure series Man in a Suitcase, made by ITC in 1967....
: Lt. Breem - Steve HytnerSteve HytnerStephen Arthur "Steve" Hytner is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Kenny Bania in Seinfeld...
: Sgt. Pickett - LaTanya RichardsonLatanya RichardsonLaTanya Estelle Richardson is an American actress and television producer. She graduated from Spelman College in 1974. While at Spelman, she met actor Samuel L. Jackson who would later become her husband. She and Jackson married in 1980 and have one daughter, named Zoe...
: Det. Dixon - Louis MustilloLouis MustilloLouis Mustillo was born May 28, 1958 in Buffalo, New York; he is an American actor.-Biography:Mustillo has guest starred in more than 50 episodes of television and appeared in over 20 films. He was a series regular on Man of the People with James Garner...
: Hector - Stephen LeeStephen Lee (actor)Stephen Lee is an American actor, from Englewood, New Jersey. He has appeared in over 200 TV shows as a guest star.-External links:...
: Benny - Michael BeachMichael Beach-Biography:Beach was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, of Cape Verdean descent. He attended the prestigious Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts on scholarship from ABC . He was introduced to acting when he was sidelined by a lacrosse injury during high school by a classmate...
: Pemberton
Plot
Lorna Bellstratten (Walters), a waitress with dreams of being in show business, is duped by her drug-dealer boyfriend Michael Vega (Guastaferro) into delivering a bomb to an undercover cop.Though Lorna survives the explosion (intended to kill her and the cop), she finds herself --as the only material witness to the crime she unwittingly abetted--wanted by both the cops and the mob (Vega's employers). Distraught, Lorna flees to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and takes out a contract on her own life (suicide-by-hitman.)
Meanwhile, Vega (posing as Lorna's father) hires Los Angeles bail bondsman, Eddie Moscone (Hedaya) to send in a bounty hunter to bring her back to LA alive. Eddie offers the job to bounty hunter Jack Walsh (McDonald) for $10,000. He doesn't want to take the job because Eddie keeps on stiffing him his money. Eddie threatens to give the job to rival bounty hunter Marvin Dorfler, who does not make an appearance.
When Walsh finds her in Cabo San Lucas, Lorna thinks he's her hitman. After a night of dancing, Lorna finds out the truth, hits Walsh out of anger and returns to her hotel room in a huff.
Walsh's attempt to recover her is initially thwarted by the untimely arrival of the real hit-man, but they escape--with the hitman, the cops, and Vega's goons all hot on their trail. Along the way, the still-despondent Lorna keeps looking for--and finding--all manner of new ways to kill herself. And for the tough Jack Walsh, there's another problem. He's falling in love.