Overview - Midnight Express

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Crime

Runtime: 121 minutes

Homepage: Midnight Express

Budget

$2,300,000.00

Revenue

$35,000,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Français
  • Malti
  • Türkçe

Production companies

  • Name: Columbia Pictures

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Casablanca Filmworks

    Production country

Overview

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".

Cast

  • Name: Brad Davis

    Character: Billy Hayes

    Popularity: 9.696

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  • Name: Irene Miracle

    Character: Susan

    Popularity: 6.78

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  • Name: Bo Hopkins

    Character: Tex

    Popularity: 6.584

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  • Name: Paolo Bonacelli

    Character: Rifki

    Popularity: 2.705

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  • Name: Paul L. Smith

    Character: Hamidou

    Popularity: 4.023

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  • Name: Randy Quaid

    Character: Jimmy Booth

    Popularity: 10.382

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  • Name: Norbert Weisser

    Character: Erich

    Popularity: 4.483

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  • Name: John Hurt

    Character: Max

    Popularity: 17.673

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