Directed by:
Alan ParkerScreenplay:
Oliver StoneCinematography:
Michael SeresinComposer:
Giorgio MoroderCast:
Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign (more)VOD (4)
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With the Turkish government trying to crack down on drugs, terrorism and crime, Billy Hayes has the misfortune of being caught at the border with a hashish stash. At first sentenced to four years and two months for drug possession, his prison term grows to 30 years when the prosecution's appeal finds him guilty of smuggling. Pleas from his parents, litigation from his lawyer and actions from the U.S. Embassy amount to nothing. Things get worse when Hayes is sent to a detention center for the mentally unstable after he bites off a warden's tongue to prevent him from divulging his escape plans. Forced to struggle with daily violence, despair and abuse, he finally reaches his breaking point and is willing to do anything to escape. Knowing that he is on his own, Hayes has one risk left to take: riding his own Midnight Express. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Brad Davis
USA
Best movies:
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
Roots (1977) (series)
Midnight Express (1978)
Irene Miracle
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Inferno (1980)
Late Night Trains (1975)
Bo Hopkins
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Getaway (1972)
Paolo Bonacelli
Italy
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Midnight Express (1978)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Paul L. Smith
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Midnight Express (1978)
Kid Stuff (1975)
Randy Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Paper Moon (1973)
Midnight Express (1978)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Norbert Weisser
Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Thing (1982)
Chaplin (1992)
John Hurt
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Vincent - The Life and death of Vincent Van Gogh (1987)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Franco Diogene
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Big Blue (1988)
Michael Ensign
USA
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Titanic (1997)
The X Files: Biogenesis (1999) (video compilation)
Gigi Ballista
Italy
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Kevork Malikyan
Turkey
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Midnight Express (1978)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Peter Jeffrey
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Midnight Express (1978)
Joe Zammit Cordina
Malta
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Pulp (1972)
Yashaw Adem
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Hawks (1988)
Raad Rawi
Best movies:
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
Midnight Express (1978)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Vic Tablian
Palestine
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Midnight Express (1978)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Zannino
Turkey
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Young Aphrodites (1963)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Mihalis Giannatos
Turkey
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Eternity and a Day (1998)
Munich (2005)