Smith) ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou (Paul L. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who sold him the hashish. Soon after, he wrote Midnight Express.On Octowhile boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is caught attempting to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. After five brutal years, relentless efforts by his family to gain his release, and endless escape plotting, Billy took matters into his own hands and pulled off a daring escape to freedom.
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.
In 1970 Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about, like his hero Jack London. We take the ride with Billy as he sometimes stumbles along a path toward healing, self-knowledge, and a new life incorporating his hardest won lessons-to a place where he can say that being arrested and sentenced to life in prison was both the worst and the best thing that ever happened to him. It revisits his daring escape in more detail, and weaves in the harrowing story of his friend who remained behind and Billy's efforts to help free him. Midnight Return chronicles his struggles and triumphs in that transition, tracing Billy's journey from desperation to freedom, and even true love. Billy Hayes leapt from prison isolation to international notoriety when the book about his five years in and escape from a Turkish prison became a worldwide bestseller, and an Academy Award-winning film. Midnight Return picks up where Midnight Express left off.
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