Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness is a 1980 Disney comedy about a grad student named Leon who dreams up an elaborate all-night contest across Los Angeles. Five teams of mismatched competitors are drawn into the game, each following a chain of cryptic clues planted around the city in a race to reach the finish first. Among the players is Adam, leader of the Yellow Team, whose chances are complicated when he has to look after his younger brother, Scott.

The film was directed by Michael Nankin and David Wechter, who also wrote the screenplay together, with Ron Miller producing. It was Nankin's first feature as director, arriving long before the later television work and the two-part The Thirteenth Wife: Escaping Polygamy in his filmography. The cast of 44 includes David Naughton as Adam, Debra Clinger as Laura, Eddie Deezen as Wesley, Michael J. Fox as Scott, Stephen Furst as Harold, and Maggie Roswell as Donna.

Released in February 1980, the film runs 112 minutes and took in about 3 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a 6.3 rating from roughly 4,200 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.8 from a much smaller group of 68 votes, so the larger IMDb sample is noticeably more favorable than the audience score on TMDB.