Midnight Madness (1980)

Directed by

Michael Nankin

Genre

comedy film, teen film, treasure hunt film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 64 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

College students compete in an all-night scavenger hunt across Los Angeles. The teams race from one clue to the next while the eccentric graduate student who organized the contest watches from behind the scenes.

lightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfulchaoticdatedenergeticcampy

What happens

Midnight Madness is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring David Naughton in his film debut, Debra Clinger, Eddie Deezen, Brad Wilkin, Maggie Roswell and Stephen Furst. The city of Los Angeles is the game board as five teams of college students attempt to win "The Great All-Nighter", a dusk-to-dawn competition dreamed up by an eccentric graduate student. Adam (David Naughton) and Harold (Stephen Furst) are paired with a grab-bag group of fellow students including Scott (Michael J. Fox, in his first film appearance). The film was directed and written by Michael Nankin and David Wechter, based on real life events as reported in the Los Angeles Times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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