Midnight Express (book)

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Midnight Express is a 1977 book by Billy Hayes, then a young American who was sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle Hashish out of Turkey to the US.

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The book was adapted to film in 1978. The film Midnight Express departed significantly from the book in several ways, especially in its depiction of Turkish people; see the film article for details and reactions.

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[edit] External Links

Billy Hayes' youtube interviev Part [1] & [2]


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