Midnight Run (1988)
Directed by Martin Brest
A Los Angeles bounty hunter grabs a mob accountant in New York and, because his prisoner refuses to fly, has to haul him back across the country by train, bus, car and on foot.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Eddie Moscone's bail bonds office≈ 00:02:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaStated on screen
Jack takes a job to bring back Mardukas before his bail deadline in five days.
- 2New York City, New York≈ 00:09:00Stated on screen
Jack seizes the Duke at his apartment, but at the airport the Duke stages a panic attack and they are bumped off the flight.
- 3Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania≈ 00:22:00Inferred
With the FBI closing in on the train, Jack takes his prisoner off.
- 4Bus station≈ 00:32:00Fremont, OhioStated on screen
Mob gunmen and the FBI converge on them at a small-town bus depot.
- 5Ex-wife's house≈ 00:50:00Chicago, IllinoisInferred
- 6Amarillo, Texas≈ 01:05:00Stated on screen
- 7Sedona, Arizona≈ 01:20:00Stated on screen
- 8Los Angeles, California≈ 01:55:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 8,046 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Plane: 3,936 km
- Not shown: 1,885 km
- Car: 1,437 km
- Train: 507 km
- Bus: 282 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
Spotted a mistake?
Every journey is checked against the film, but we can still get things wrong.