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Midnight Express is a 1978 American prison drama directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir. It stars Brad Davis, with Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, and John Hurt in supporting roles. The film centers on Hayes, a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. The film's title is prison slang for his escape attempt. Hayes and others criticized the film for portraying the Turkish characters as violent and villainous and for deviating too much from the source material for added shock value.
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writer
- Oliver Stone · Billy Hayes
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- Release date
- 18 May 1978 · Released
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Crime · Independent · Biographical · Prison
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- 12 Uhr nachts – Midnight Express
- Italiano
- Fuga di mezzanotte
- 日本語
- ミッドナイト・エクスプレス
- 한국어
- 미드나잇 익스프레스
- Português
- O Expresso da Meia-Noite
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