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Cinematic background from Midnight Express 1978 - 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".

Midnight Express

1978

Biography, Crime, Drama

Directors:

Writers:

Oliver Stone, William Hoffer, Billy Hayes

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Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An old man wearing a hat and a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man sitting in a dark room holding a knife; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man sitting on a bed in a room; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person behind a fence; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – Two men sitting at a table with their hands touching each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man in a suit holding an old fashioned camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man in chains hanging from the ceiling; Wide shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man standing in the middle of some steps in a cave; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A sunset over the water with a boat in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing around in a room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man and a woman looking at each other in a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An older man covering his mouth with his hands; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing glasses and a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person with long hair and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of a wall; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An older man in a suit and hat smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person with long hair and a beard; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing around a pillar in the dark; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – Two men in a dark room one of them is holding a shirt; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man sitting on the ground reading a book; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person sitting on a couch; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men kneeling on the ground under a beam of light; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A view of a city skyline at sunset; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A large body of water near a large city; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man with a hat is looking through a jail cell window; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An old man sitting in front of a window; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man standing in a dark room next to a pillar; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man standing in front of a wall looking to the side; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A woman sitting in a chair in front of a man; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man with a beard and glasses is smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person with wet hair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing next to each other on a field; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – Two men sitting at a table talking to each other; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A view from a car window of a city street with a mosque in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A young man wearing aviator sunglasses and a kiss on the cheek; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A shirtless man looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An old man with a long white beard is sitting down; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man getting his hair brushed by another man; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man holding a gun in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a robe in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man in a robe is pointing to his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing around in a room; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – Two men are walking in a dark room; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man in a suit and tie sitting in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man and a woman sitting next to each other on a train; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man being held down by a police officer; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men sitting on top of a bed next to each other; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man wearing a hat is talking to a crowd of onlookers; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An older man wearing a suit and a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man with a violin in his hand and his mouth open; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – An old man wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person sitting in a chair in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man standing in front of a jail cell; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man sitting at a table with a cup of coffee; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man looking at another man in a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – Two men are talking in an old room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man is shaving another man's head; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man is hugging another man with his eyes closed; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A group of men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A view of a bridge with a lot of cars on it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man holding a gun in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man and a man hug each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A young man holding a gun up to his face; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A person wearing sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man with a beard and glasses eating a banana; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Midnight Express” (1978), directed by Alan Parker – A man standing behind bars in a jail cell; Wide shot, High angle