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About
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".
Theatrical
Oct 27, 1978
Box Office
$35.0M
Budget
$2.3M
Return
15.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 27, 1998
Theaters
5
Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Oliver Stone
Producers
Alan Marshall, Peter Guber, David Puttnam
Music
Giorgio Moroder
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks
Quotes
See all →Courage in the Face of Adversity
Taglines
Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can!
A Journey of Triumph and Survival
Taglines
A story of triumph.
Perseverance in the Face of Abandonment
Taglines
Everybody gave up on Billy Hayes—except Billy.
Identity and Creation in a Mechanical World
Ahmet
Oh no. A bad machine doesn't know when he's a bad machine.
Billy Hayes
Oh, I know who I am. And I know who you are. I know that you are a bad machine. And do you know how I know that? Because I come from the factory. I MAKE the machines!
[Ahmet shakes his head]
Cast
Full credits →B
Brad Davis
Billy Hayes
I
Irene Miracle
Susan
B
Bo Hopkins
Tex
P
Paolo Bonacelli
Rifki
P
Paul L. Smith
Hamidou
R
Randy Quaid
Jimmy Booth
N
Norbert Weisser
Erich
J
John Hurt
Max
M
Mike Kellin
Mr. Hayes
F
Franco Diogene
Yesil
M
Michael Ensign
Stanley Daniels
G
Gigi Ballista
Chief Judge
K
Kevork Malikyan
Prosecutor
P
Peter Jeffrey
Ahmet
J
Joe Zammit Cordina
Airport Customs Officer
Y
Yashaw Adem
Airport Police Chief
R
Raad Rawi
Airport Security Chief
Z
Zannino
Police Detective
M
Mihalis Giannatos
Court Translator
V
Vic Tablian
Star
