The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The 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".
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
1,942 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Oliver StoneScreenplay
- Giorgio MoroderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brad DavisBilly Hayes
- Irene MiracleSusan
- Bo HopkinsTex
- Paolo BonacelliRifki
- Paul L. SmithHamidou
- Randy QuaidJimmy Booth
- Norbert WeisserErich
- John HurtMax
- Mike KellinMr. Hayes
- Franco DiogeneYesil
- Michael EnsignStanley Daniels
- Gigi BallistaChief Judge
Stills
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Themes
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The Best Movies of 1978
Midnight Express is #14 of 60
