Original 1978 - Midnight Express - UK Quad Poster - Lobby Card Set - Official Synopsis"The best thing to do is to get your ass out of here. Best way that you can. Yeah, but how? Catch the midnight express. But what's that? Well it's not a train. It's a prison word for escape". Billy Hayes, caught trying to smuggle drugs out of Turkey, is sentenced to a lengthy prison term. The film depicts the brutal reality of prison life, including physical and psychological abuse. Billy eventually decides to escape, risking his life to find freedom.