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Midnight express : screenplay

The true story of a young American tourist who, busted for smuggling drugs, is sentenced to 30 years in a Trukish gaol. Forced to endure immense brutality, he realises he will die unless he escapes, or in prison jargon, "catches the midnight express."

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  • "Code: nachtexpress"
  • "Midnight Express"

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  • "The true story of a young American tourist who, busted for smuggling drugs, is sentenced to 30 years in a Trukish gaol. Forced to endure immense brutality, he realises he will die unless he escapes, or in prison jargon, "catches the midnight express.""@en
  • "The author describes the years he spent in a Turkish jail for smuggling hashish and the escape plan he devised and carried out."@en
  • "The author describes the years he spent in a Turkish jail for smuggling hashish and the escape plan he devised and carried out."
  • "De ervaringen van een Amerikaanse jongen in een Turkse gevangenis, waarin hij beland bij een poging om hasj te smokkelen."
  • "Midnight Express tells the gut-wrenching true story of a young man's incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. A classic story of survival and human endurance, told with humor, honesty, and heart, it became a worldwide best-seller and the Academy Award-winning blockbuster film of the same name. In 1970 Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about, like his hero Jack London. He had a rude awakening when he was arrested at the airport in Istanbul trying to board a plane while carrying four pounds of hashish, and given a life sentence. After five brutal years, relentless efforts by his family to gain his release, and endless escape plotting, Hayes finally took matters into his own hands. On a dark night, in a wailing storm he began a desperate and daring escape to freedom... This is the astounding journey, told in Billy Hayes's own words, of those five years of living hell and of the harrowing ordeal of his time on the run."@en
  • ""Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul, American college student Billy Hayes is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions, Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage and the support of a fellow inmate give him the strength to catch the 'midnight express' (prison code for escape)" [box cover note]."

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  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
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  • "Code : nachtexpress"
  • "Midnight express : screenplay"@en
  • "Midnight Express"@en
  • "Midnight Express"
  • "Midnight express"
  • "Midnight express"@en
  • "Midnight express : [screenplay]"@en
  • "MIDNIGHT EXPRESS"
  • "Wu ye kuai che"
  • "Midnight express : screenplay : based on the autobiography by Billy Hayes with William Hoffer"@en
  • "Expreso de medianoche"@es
  • "Expreso de medianoche"
  • "Code: Nachtexpress"

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