Directed by:
Alan ParkerScreenplay:
Oliver StoneCinematography:
Michael SeresinComposer:
Giorgio MoroderCast:
Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign (more)VOD (1)
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In this harrowing true-life adventure, young American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is arrested in Turkey after he’s caught smuggling hashish. Taken to a brutal Turkish jail where the prisoners must fend for themselves, he meets many other inmates, including an American (Randy Quaid), an Englishman (John Hurt), and a Scandinavian (Norbert Weisser). (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Brad Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273346_bd9d34.jpg)
Brad Davis
USA
Best movies:
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
Roots (1977) (series)
Midnight Express (1978)
![Irene Miracle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317696_42ef90.jpg)
Irene Miracle
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Inferno (1980)
Night Train Murders (1975)
![Bo Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281146_431795.jpg)
Bo Hopkins
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Getaway (1972)
![Paolo Bonacelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570689_cc8b90.jpg)
Paolo Bonacelli
Italy
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Midnight Express (1978)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
![Paul L. Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386767_7286fb.jpg)
Paul L. Smith
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Midnight Express (1978)
Kid Stuff (1975)
![Randy Quaid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267786_8867a7.jpg)
Randy Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Paper Moon (1973)
Midnight Express (1978)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
![Norbert Weisser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/119/162119208_7983b5.jpg)
Norbert Weisser
Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Thing (1982)
Chaplin (1992)
![John Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/843/160843644_e3b5c4.png)
John Hurt
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Vincent (1987)
![Mike Kellin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335596_a81568.jpg)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
![Franco Diogene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157222_0afdb7.jpg)
Franco Diogene
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Big Blue (1988)
![Michael Ensign](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779814_66c116.gif)
Michael Ensign
USA
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Titanic (1997)
The X Files: Biogenesis (1999) (video compilation)
![Gigi Ballista](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157220_4d84f5.jpg)
Gigi Ballista
Italy
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
![Kevork Malikyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157221_67710e.jpg)
Kevork Malikyan
Turkey
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Midnight Express (1978)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Peter Jeffrey
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Midnight Express (1978)
![Joe Zammit Cordina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157219_ce13af.jpg)
Joe Zammit Cordina
Malta
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Pulp (1972)
Yashaw Adem
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Hawks (1988)
![Raad Rawi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/102/162102439_551297.jpg)
Raad Rawi
Best movies:
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
Midnight Express (1978)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Vic Tablian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000263_578b60.jpg)
Vic Tablian
Palestine
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Midnight Express (1978)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Zannino
Turkey
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Young Aphrodites (1963)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Mihalis Giannatos
Turkey
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Eternity and a Day (1998)
Voyage to Cythera (1984)