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Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey

Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey (2016)

Documentary, Biographical, Historical | United States, Turkey, UK, Portugal

Director: Sally Sussman Morina

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Rating: 7.0/10

SYNOPSIS

Explore the power of film as seen through the lens of 'Midnight Express' when Billy Hayes, the real life subject, returns to Turkey to face the nation still haunted by the film.

Actors

Voice: Billy Hayes

Writer: Sally Sussman Morina

RUNTIME: 99 min

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