Production Company: Colombia Pictures
Producers: Alan Marshall / David Puttnam
Director: Alan Parker
Release Date: 6 October 1978 (USA)

Storyline

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".
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Cast (click to expand)

Brad Davis - Billy Hayes
Irene Miracle - Susan
Bo Hopkins - Tex
Paolo Bonacelli - Rifki
Paul L. Smith - Hamidou (as Paul Smith)
Randy Quaid - Jimmy Booth
Norbert Weisser - Erich
John Hurt - Max
Mike Kellin - Mr. Hayes
Franco Diogene - Yesil
Michael Ensign - Stanley Daniels
Gigi Ballista - Chief Judge
Kevork Malikyan - Prosecutor
Peter Jeffrey - Ahmet
Joe Zammit Cordina
Yashaw Adem (as Yashar Adem)
Raad Rawi
Tony Boyd - Aslan
Zannino (as Zanninos Zanninou)
Mihalis Giannatos - Translator
Vic Tablian
Ahmed El Shenawi - Negdir