Midnight Express
121 min
1978
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Midnight Express
Midnight Express
121 min
1978
7.5
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".
Country
Released
31 Aug, 1978
prison
airport
drug smuggling
escape
court
1970s
attempt to escape
turkey
prison guard
lawyer
torture
hashish
brutality
prison sentence
masturbation
prison brutality
istanbul, turkey
sadistic warden
turkish
anxious
cautionary
suspenseful
ominous
