Midnight Express
Movie • 1978 • Crime
ReportBilly 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".
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Several boys are brought into the square and punished by getting the bottoms of their feet hit with a police baton.
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Dead chickens are shown hanging in a butcher. A chicken is shown in distress and being prepared to have it's head cut off. It cuts away, but we still see the chicken lifeless with blood on the table, near the 18-19 minute mark.
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A cat gets hanged.
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The pet cat in prison gets hanged around 51 minutes in.
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Mild spoilers
The main character gets brought downstairs by police, then gets hit by batons, then restrained by his feet and hit again on his feet with the baton.
The main character gets brought downstairs by police, then gets hit by batons, then restrained by his feet and hit again on his feet with the baton.
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Turkish people are depicted as violent and sexually predatory
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SPOILERS
At one point, the main character rages and bites another man’s tongue out of his mouth.
At one point, the main character rages and bites another man’s tongue out of his mouth.
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