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𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐊 𝐅𝐞𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭💥𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻⭐𝙏𝙤 𝙇𝘼.  𝘼𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝘽𝙄 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖💥  A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.   Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin).   The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed.   In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles.   However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin Dorfler (John Ashton), a rival bounty hunter.   On their long cross country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship.  This is one of my favorite buddy action type movies.  They don't start out as buddies, but through all the adventures across the country they grown to become buddies.   This may be Robert De Niro's finest role of his long career.   I have watched this movie a dozen or more times over the many years.  I could not imagine anyone other than Charles Grodin playing the former Mafia accountant.  Actor John Ashton stood out to me because of his role in two of the Beverly Hills Cops movies.   I wish he had been in more movies like those two and Midnight Run.  He is an excellent actor. Stars:   Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto   and many other fine actors.    A bit of movie trivia. 01:  The boxcar scene--where Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) and John Mardukas (Charles Grodin) discuss whether or not they could ever be friends--was almost entirely improvised on-set. Regarding Grodin's famous line, "You ever had sex with an animal, Jack?": he was told by director Martin Brest to come up with something that was guaranteed to make even Robert De Niro laugh.  02:  The famous "litmus configuration" scene was mostly improvised.  03:  DeNiro was looking for some lighter material to do. Initially, he wanted to play the lead in Penny Marshall's Big (1988), but the studio wasn't interested in having De Niro play the role. He was then offered this movie, which he liked and agreed to make.