Film character

Billy Hayes

Name: Midnight Express
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Released: 1978
Rating: 7.5

Midnight Express 1978

played by Brad Davis

7.5/10 · 95,649 votes BiographyCrimeDrama

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The film

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".

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The name

Billy is the first name of 579 characters →
Hayes is the surname of 134 characters →
Billy Hayes: 2 characters bear this exact name →

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