Midnight Express

1978 121 min Drama, Crime

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The 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".

IMDb 7.5 RT 90 Metacritic 59

budget $2,300,000 earnings $35,000,000 return 15.2x

director Alan Parker

writer Oliver Stone

cast