Midnight Express

Midnight Express1978

Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 121 minutes

Forever embroiled in controversy, Midnight Express divides viewers into opposing camps: those who think it's one of the most intense real-life dramas ever made, and those who abhor its manipulative tactics and alteration of facts for the exploitativ… more »



Tex:
Boy oh boy, you picked a bad time to fly, Billy. They're guerrillas all over the place blowing up planes and all. They hit four planes in four days. But I guess you young people don't read the news anymore. That, and with our people back home kicking up a shitstorm about the flow of heroin from Turkey...

Billy Hayes:
I didn't have heroin. It was just a little hashish.

Tex:
That doesn't matter. A drug's a drug.

Billy Hayes:
It was only two kilos.

Tex:
It doesn't matter if it was two kilos or 200 kilos. The Turks love catching foreigners. They want to show the rest of the world that they're fighting the drug trade.

Billy Hayes:
Who are you? What's your name?

Tex:
That's not important.

Billy Hayes:
Are you with the American consulate here in Istanbul?

Tex:
Something like that.

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