Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness (1980)

The most fun you'll ever have... in the dark!

A genius grad student organizes an all-night treasure hunt in which five rival teams composed of colorful oddballs furiously match wits with one another while trying to locate and decipher various cryptic clues planted ingeniously around Los Angeles.

Date of release
1980-02-08
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (70)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Comedy, Family
Director
Michael Nankin, David Wechter

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $2.9M
  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

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.

Production

In 1979, the Los Angeles International Film Expo screened the short film Junior High School (1978) which Michael Nankin and David Wechter had directed and produced. Disney's Buena Vista hired both of them to a development contract.

Principal filming started on July 2, 1979.

Paul Reubens (known for playing Pee-wee Herman) has a small part as the Pinball City Proprietor. Other cameos include John Fiedler as Wally Thorpe, one of the other tenants, and Marvin Kaplan as the Bonaventure desk clerk. Future film director Andy Tennant plays a member of the Blue team. This is Michael J. Fox's first film, credited as Michael Fox.

Johnie's Fat Boy was Johnie's Coffee Shop, closed in 2000, and still used for filming. Pinball City was Castle Park (later Malibu Castle) Miniature Golf in North Hollywood, closed in 1998.

The film features three original songs written by David Wechter and Julius Wechter. All songs were performed by Donna Fein:

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