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Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978Movie⏱️ 2h 1mRπŸ† #1296 Top Rated
BiographyCrimeDramaThriller
⭐ 7.5
IMDB Rating
93,395 votes

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Director
Alan Parker
Writers
Oliver Stone, Billy Hayes, William Hoffer
Stars
Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins
Release Date
October 27, 1978
Language
English, Turkish, French
Country
United Kingdom, United States
πŸ† 17
Wins
🎯 14
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 333
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 87.9K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Brad Davis
Brad Davis
as Billy Hayes
Irene Miracle
Irene Miracle
as Susan
Bo Hopkins
Bo Hopkins
as Tex
Paolo Bonacelli
Paolo Bonacelli
as Rifki
Paul L. Smith
Paul L. Smith
as Hamidou
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
as Jimmy Booth
Norbert Weisser
Norbert Weisser
as Erich
John Hurt
John Hurt
as Max
Mike Kellin
Mike Kellin
as Mr. Hayes
Franco Diogene
Franco Diogene
as Yesil

πŸ’° Box Office

$35,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$35,000,000
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta
Production
Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks

🏷️ Keywords

1970smale rear nuditygay kissmale rapeprison drama

🎯 Categories

Dark ComedyPrison DramaPsychological DramaPsychological ThrillerBiographyCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

truth or fiction? who cares?
by jank123 β€’ 2001-07-17

"First of all im turkish and i have seen this movie for several times. I LIKE it and i simply know what other people think about this movie. If they are turkish, they simply hate the movie and tell that its giving the turkish nation a bad name. If they are not turkish then they start to think about bad things about turks. And thats normal. BUT!!!! The main problem of the movies is not that its not showing true things. The main problem of the movie is that it tells the things that happaned to the main characters happened cause he is AMERICAN. I think thats the wrong thing about this movie. If ba..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Banned (and never released theatrically) in Turkey until 1992 when the private television channel HBB broadcast it.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.