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Midnight Express
“Midnight Express,” directed by Alan Parker, is a gripping drama based on the true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and subsequently imprisoned. The film explores his harrowing experiences in the Turkish prison system and his desperate attempts to escape and return home.
Views: 90
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bo Hopkins, Brad Davis, Franco Diogene, Irene Miracle, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Norbert Weisser, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Company: Casablanca Filmworks, Columbia Pictures
Awards: Won 2 Oscars, 17 wins & 14 nominations total
Budget: $2,300,000
Worldwide Gross: $35,000,000
Duration: 2h 1min
Release: 1978
Release Date: 1978-08-31
IMDb: 7.5
TMDB: 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 59
FilmAffinity: 7.7
