“See ya in the next life,” The Duke and Jake Walsh say to each other near the end of Midnight Run, one the moviedom’s great buddy-action flicks.
Charles Grodin, who played bail-jumping mob accountant John “Duke” Mardukas in the 1998 film, died today at 86. His co-star, two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro, paid tribute to the late actor today.“Chuck was as good a person as he was an actor,” De Niro said in a statement. “Midnight Run was a great project to work on, and Chuck made it an even better one.
He will be missed. I am very, very sad to hear of his passing.”Midnight Run also was a great project to watch.Charles Grodin: A Career In Pictures – Photo GalleryDirected by Martin Brest from an underrated screenplay by George Gallo, the movie
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