Midnight Express is it a true story?
The film Midnight Express (1978) was based on the events
experienced by American Billy Hayes, who was sent to a prison in
Turkey for trying to smuggle hash out of that country. Hayes wrote
a book about it, but the film deviated from the book and upset the
Turkish authorities for painting such a brutal picture.
The title Midnight Express, is a slang term for a prison escape
attempt.