Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The 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".

• Columbia Pictures
• Casablanca Filmworks
• Brad Davis
• Irene Miracle
• Bo Hopkins
• Paolo Bonacelli
• Paul L. Smith
• Randy Quaid
• Norbert Weisser
• John Hurt