Midnight Express

Midnight Express

Title : Midnight Express
Release : 1978 2019-03-06T05:08:57Z
Rating : 7.7 10 2915
Language : English, Maltese, French, Turkish
Runtime : 121
Genre : Biography,Crime,Drama
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Description

On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already ...

Director By:
Alan Parker
Writer By:

Oliver Stone (screenplay), Billy Hayes (book), William Hoffer (book)

Actors By:
Brad Davis , Irene Miracle , Bo Hopkins , Paolo Bonacelli