Original Title: Midnight Express
Year: 1978
Genre:
Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 7,6 (DINO Rating: 8)
Country: UK, USA
Language:
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Billy Hayes, William Hoffer, Oliver Stone
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
Producer: Peter Guber, Alan Marshall, David Puttnam
Actors: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Kevork Malikyan, Peter Jeffrey, Joe Zammit Cordina, Yashaw Adem, Raad Rawi, Tony Boyd, Zannino, Mihalis Giannatos, Vic Tablian, Ahmed El Shenawi, Alan Parker
Description: On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already ...
Comments:
Duration: 121 minutes (at 25 frames per second)
File path: Z:\02690 - Midnight Express (1978) [DVDRip]\Midnight Express.avi
Filesize: 643 MB
Video: DivX 3 Low - resolution: 568x320
Audio:
Subtitles: Serbian, English