Midnight Express
"Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes. And bring all the courage you can."
1978-08-31
7.477
en 121mDramaCrime
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Screenplay
Oliver Stone
Producer
Alan Marshall
Executive Producer
Peter Guber
Screenplay
Billy Hayes
Screenplay
William Hoffer
Novel
Billy Hayes
prison airport drug smuggling escape court 1970s attempt to escape turkey based on true story prison guard lawyer torture hashish brutality prison sentence masturbation prison brutality istanbul, turkey sadistic warden turkish anxious cautionary suspenseful ominous
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$35,000,000Budget
$2,300,000Countries
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Casablanca Filmworks
