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Midnight Express

I suppose you knock three times and ask for St. Peter

[Billy, Max and Jimmy are going over blueprints of the prison] Jimmy:
There's two ways out, I figure. Over the roof, but that's only one person, maybe two. The other way is under. Billy Hayes:
Tunnel? Jimmy:
It's already built! There's a basement substructure where they used to keep weapons and stuff, but beneath that there's these old catacombs that the Christians built about a thousand fucking years ago to bury their dead. We're sitting right on top of it - here. The Kraut said there's a whole bunch of hollow sealed shafts sort of like dumbwaiters running along this wall. One of them is right in there, right next to our shower. We can get in there, he says, we can get down into the catacombs. With the three of us working... Max:
[tapping at the wall]
Gotta be here someplace. Thought I heard a couple of dead Christians singing down there. Jimmy:
Stop shitting me, man! Billy Hayes:
But how would you get into the shaft, Jimmy? Max:
I suppose you knock three times and ask for St. Peter

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Duration
163 seconds
Views
4,413
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:00
Uploaded
Dec 12, 2020
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Production
Columbia Pictures,Casablanca Filmworks

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Movie Summary

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish 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".

Actors

Brad Davis
Billy Hayes
John Hurt
Max
Randy Quaid
Jimmy Booth