Midnight Express (movie)
- User score: 7.5
- Production country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Producer: Alan Parker
- Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Budget: $2,300,000
- Revenue: $35,000,000
- Release date: 8/31/1978
- Run time: 121 min.
Movie description
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".
