Midnight Express

Movie

1978

2h 1m

English

Drama, Crime

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7.7

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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 governm...

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Midnight Express

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1978

2h 1m

English

Drama, Crime

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Cast

Billy Hayes

Susan

Tex

Rifki

Hamidou

Jimmy Booth

Erich

Max

Mr. Hayes

Yesil

Stanley Daniels

Chief Judge

Prosecutor

Ahmet

Airport Customs Officer

Yashaw Adem

Airport Police Chief

Raad Rawi

Airport Security Chief

Aslan

Police Detective

Court Translator

Star

Negdir

Directed By: Alan Parker

Written By: Oliver Stone (Screenplay), William Hoffer (Screenplay), + 3 more

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Bazzjaz says...

7 years ago

Loved this film, so many great performances. Brad Davis is superb as is the late JøhN Hurt. Randy Quaid plays a great supporting role. Movie is truly harrowing ,and has hardly aged since I watched when released and revisited recently. DID TO TURKISH TOURISM, WHAT ‘JAWS’ DID TO SWIMMING IN THE SEA!

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KurtMoney says...

8 years ago

Whew. Finally watched this after having it in the queue for awhile. It's a classic and I only know it from the Cable Guy joke. I did not expect it to be as shocking as it was. I figured it was shocking for its day but there is some shit in this movie that I did not see coming. So shocking I was saying "what, what, whattttt" out loud to myself alone. And that Cable Guy scene? Spot on. This movie was definitely not fair to the Turks, I will say that. I mean the whole movie is rough but specifically the trial scene where he calls them all pigs, etc. Not cool. But Oliver Stone and the makers have since apologized more than once and done talks on it so I think it's okay to enjoy the movie otherwise. Yeh?

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jarvis-13427377 says...

11 months ago

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT DRUGS ON TURKEY IS A ACTION THRILLER STARRING BRAD DAVIS.

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The_Argentinian says...

5 months ago

I thought once he goes crazy, the pace starts to drag. Good prison movie, though.

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artyomkey

1/10 9 months ago

I watched this movie with full awareness of how it was received, and I'm offering my comments based on that, with complete objectivity. Most of the time, I'm someone who criticizes Turkey thoroughly from every angle. We are all aware of and vocal about the wrongdoings, absurdities, and filth in our More

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Baz

6 years ago

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.

Georgia Maroda (spelling)soundtrack is really More

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