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William "Billy" Hayes (born April 3, 1947) is an American writer, actor, and film director. He is best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express about his experiences in and escape from a Turkish prison, after being convicted of smuggling hashish.
After five years of beatings, psychological torment and isolation – Billy Hayes made a daring escape. In the movie adaptation, he simply walked out of the prison's front door, but in reality, he crept out under the cover of darkness and rowed a boat to safety.
Mar 24, 2015 · The 1978 film made Billy Hayes, jailed in Turkey for attempting to smuggle hash, famous - but it also made him just a little furious too.
Jan 24, 2020 · Billy Hayes was busted for smuggling hash and thrown in a terrifying Turkish prison. He opens up about the bogus ‘Midnight Express,’ Oliver Stone on blow, and his one-man show.
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.
Mar 15, 2020 · Billy Hayes, the real-life hero of the 1978 Academy Award-winning movie "Midnight Express" said Friday he wanted to "make amends" for the damage the film caused Turkey.
Mar 23, 2018 · Infamous drug smuggler and prison escapee whose experience in a Turkish prison was the basis of the hit cult film, Midnight Express, Billy Hayes recounts his story and his shocking return to ...
Jun 30, 2010 · The Turkish government held Billy Hayes prisoner for five long years and Oliver Stone wrote an Oscar-winning screenplay about Hayes' hellish ordeal and eventual escape, but the convicted drug smuggler thinks the Eurasian nation took a bad rap from the 1978 film "Midnight Express."
Feb 25, 2015 · The writer Billy Hayes, whose memoir about his 1970 arrest and imprisonment in Turkey cast a shadow on tourism there, now praises the country’s hospitality.
Jul 6, 2020 · Billy Hayes shares the riveting story of his real life hashish smuggling arrest, as well as his experiences and escape from a Turkish prison that became the classic film 'Midnight...
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