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Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
Midnight Express: Directed by Alan Parker. With Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli. Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
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Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is a young American caught by Turkish police while attempting to smuggle hash out of Istanbul. He's tried and sent to prison for four...
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- Drama, Biography, Crime
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Midnight Express. 121 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1978. Roger Ebert. October 6, 1978. 3 min read. The real Billy Hayes was arrested by Turkey in 1970, we’re told, and imprisoned on a charge of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. He was guilty.
Istanbul, Turkey, 6 October 1970. With nearly two kilos of hashish blocks strapped to his torso, American college student Billy Hayes finds himself sentenced to four years for smuggling drugs.
Midnight Express is a harrowing story based on true events. Brad Davis delivers an outstanding performance with great supporting roles from John Hurt, Randy Quaid. It was an adapted Screenplay written by Oliver Stone which won him his first Oscar.
