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Midnight Express full movie is released on Oct 06, 1978. Watch Midnight Express online - the French Biography movie from United Kingdom , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $35,000,000. Midnight Express is directed by Alan Parker and created by Oliver Stone with Brad Davis and Irene Miracle. Midnight Express is available online on fuboTV and Crackle.

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. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who sold him the hashish. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou (Paul L. Smith) ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (Randy Quaid) (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich (Norbert Weisser), and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max (Sir John Hurt), the latter two also in for hashish-related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki (Paolo Bonacelli), who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan (Irene Miracle) attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" (escape), which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.

As know as:

Expreso de medianoche, Опівнічний експрес, Vidurnakčio ekspresas, Express Shel Hatzot, Fuga di mezzanotte

Release Date:

Sep 01, 1978

Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 13, 2007

Countries:

United Kingdom, United States

Language:

French, Turkish, English, Maltese

Stream Service:

Columbia Pictures

Production Companies:

Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks

Official Site:

Official site

Gross worldwide:

$35,000,000

Taglines:

A story of triumph., Busted for drugs and condemned to the nightmarish hell of a Turkish prison, there was only one escape [Australia Theatrical], Everybody gave up on Billy Hayes -- except Billy., The story of Billy Hayes' unbelievable courage. It couldn't happen... but it did!, It's about never giving up hope., The important thing is to never lose hope., Midnight Express. A Story of Triumph!, The Movie Everyone is Talking About, Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can!

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Jay Scott
Globe and Mail
Just another prison break movie... but I liked it.
by rottentomatoes, Aug 11, 2022
Ed Potton
Times (UK)
It's a film that probably wouldn't be made today, but it taps into a potent fear: losing your liberty far from home.
by rottentomatoes, Jun 22, 2018
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Parker succeeds in making the prison into a full, real, rounded world, a microcosm of human behavior;
by rottentomatoes, Jun 16, 2018

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