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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.
Oct 27, 1978 · On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is caught attempting to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body.
Taken to a brutal Turkish jail where the prisoners must fend for themselves, he meets many other inmates, including an American (Randy Quaid), an En ...more. In this harrowing true-life adventure...
Sep 13, 2010 · Directed by: Alan Parker. Cast: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Paul L. Smith, Irene Miracle. Release Date: October 6, 1978. Story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and ...
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Midnight Express. Roger Ebert October 06, 1978. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is a young American caught by Turkish police while attempting to smuggle hash out of Istanbul.
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.
Dec 5, 2007 · A young man arrested for drug smuggling fights to survive the horrors of a Turkish prison.
