Midnight Run for Your Life
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| Midnight Run for Your Life | |
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| Directed by | Daniel Sackheim |
| Produced by | George Gallo |
| Written by | Characters: George Gallo Screenplay: Shaun Cassidy |
| Starring | Christopher McDonald Melora Walters |
| Music by | David Bergeaud |
| Cinematography | Robert Draper |
| Editing by | Chip Masamitsu Tim Tommasino |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1994 (USA) |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Midnight Runaround |
| IMDb profile | |
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.
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[edit] Cast Of Characters
- Christopher McDonald : Jack Walsh
- Melora Walters : Lorna Bellstratten
- Vincent Guastaferro : Michael Vega
- Dan Hedaya : Eddie Moscone
- John Fleck : Jerry Geisler
- Richard Bradford : Lt. Breem
- Steve Hytner : Sgt. Pickett
- LaTanya Richardson : Det. Dixon
- Louis Mustillo : Hector
[edit] Tagline
The Cops, The Mob, Her Family. They all want a piece of Lorna Bellsratten. They do things differently down Mexico way.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Alternate Titles
- Midnight Run 3: Run for Your Life : (UK)
- Midnight Run: Race Against Your Life, Jack Walsh : (Germany)
- Midnight Run III: The Love Continuation : (France)
[edit] Trivia
- Only Midnight Run not to feature Marvin Dorfler.
- First and only Midnight Run to be set in another country.
[edit] Quotes
- Pemberton pushes Lorna off the road away from a truck
Jack Walsh: What the hell did you do that for?!
Pemberton: Well, I didn't want her to get hurt!
Jack Walsh: What- Your paid to kill her!
Lorna Bellstratton: Guys! What are we arguing for? Everything's fine.
- Jack takes Lorna dancing.
Lorna Bellstratton: This is really very sweet of you.
Jack Walsh: Shut up.
Lorna Bellstratton: That's okay, you don't have to be nice to me, it's probably easier that way, huh? Can you at least tell me your name?
Jack Walsh: No.
Lorna Bellstratton: Oh, c'mon!
Jack Walsh: (signs) Jack.
Lorna Bellstratton: Really? That's my dog's name!
Jack Walsh: You don't say.
