Midnight Run is a 1988 American action/comedy buddy motion picture starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin as a bounty hunter and his prisoner. The film's title originates from a bounty hunter phrase that refers to a task that is relatively easy. The film stars Robert De Niro as Jack Walsh, Joe Pantoliano as Eddie Moscone, John Ashton as Marvin Dorfler and Jack Kehoe as Jerry Geisler.