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- Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
- Reporter Ahn reveals corruption within the police force, so the police set out to frame him. Ahn experienced all sorts of punishment in prison. Meanwhile, on the outside, his girlfriend Jess is under the control of the cop who framed Ahn.
- Jack Oakes, the playboy son of a railroad president, is disowned by his father, and takes a job in the railroads yards under an assumed name. Mary Traves still believes he has the right stuff, and he soon gets a chance to show it when The Midnight Expess is on a collision course with a run-away freight train.
- Chan Siu Hong is a lawyer who goes into jail after hitting a vicious policeman. He's welcomed by the inmates because he convinces fellow inmates not to use violence to settle every dispute.
- A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into "the life" by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
- Midnight Expression is designed to be a commercially viable short film that explores how an everyday middle class family unwittingly and accidentally becomes involved in the politically corrupt workings of a typical American city. Our accidental "Hero"/family man, Clay Black, a middle class truck driver, through a series of chance happenings, twists and turns, finds himself witnessing a gruesome, brutal, coldly calculated murder; a clear case of being in the wrong place at the right time. How did our accidental "hero" get to this point in time and how does he react to the situation presented to him? Does our "villain" J.P. Harley, a local bookie and nightclub owner prevail? Is our Mayor, Chief District Attorney, and County Treasurer involved in corruption? Could this really be happening? The short film, "Midnight Expression" Lays the ground work for a full-length action packed, intriguing, feature film. Multiple chance encounters or happenstances between characters and events add to the intrigue and suspense. What will happen next? How will our "Hero" react? What effect will events have on his family? Will our city leaders prove to be corrupt? Could this happen to you or me in our actual everyday lives? Stay Tuned?
- When an overnight express train is detoured through his bedroom, young Charlie Foster takes matters into his own hands to get a good night's sleep.
- Through the tapping of the wires a gang headed by Gentleman Joe learns of the shipment of a large amount of currency on the night express. By a daring scheme they hold up the messenger between stations and succeed in making their escape. They go into hiding near Lone Point waiting for the investigation to blow over. Through a clue furnished by Helen the railroad detective stumbles upon them but in the fight that follows he is overcome and the two crooks, boarding an engine in the yard, make their escape. Helen sets out in pursuit on her motorcycle. As she nears the speeding train a flat car looms up ahead to block her path. But a plank running from the flat car to the ground offers a solution. Without a second's hesitation Helen runs her motorcycle up the plank to the flat car, and as the machine tumbles to the ground on the far side leaps through the air to the handrail of the train. In a second she has the crooks covered with her revolver and the train is brought to a stop.
- Three Fairies head to a club for a girls' night out. Their fun however is cut short when they run into ruthless fairy hunters.
- The producing team behind Alan Parker's classic "Midnight Express" talk about their experiences with the film, from how the project was originated and later on the reception the film got with audiences in 1978 and also in the following years.
- Documentary about the making of "Midnight Express" (1978).
- A banker receives a telegram from one of his agents announcing the discovery of a valuable mining claim. He is asked to come to the place at once with money to satisfy claimants. His bookkeeper and cashier are two gay boys and grasp the contents of the telegram and immediately determine to possess the money if possible. In disguise they follow their employer to the station and into the sleeper. The unsuspecting banker retires to an upper berth while they have the lower, and waiting for a favorable opportunity, which finally comes, they etherize their employer, secure the money and leap from the flying train. Detectives and police are wired for and await the stopping of the train at a station and everybody is searched, but nothing is found. The cashier buys jewels and other presents for his sweetheart, but she being a poor, innocent girl, will not accept them, fearing he may not have acquired them honestly. Subsequently he confesses all to his employer and returns his share of the money and is forgiven. The bookkeeper has no such compunctions and drifts to the lowest dives only to meet with kicks and cuffs and finally an ignoble death.
- A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown gets involved in a spy plot when she sees a corpse during a long train journey.
- LeVar takes a train ride from California to Washington state. Along the way, we learn about trains and how the transcontinental railroad came to be. Brian Dennehy narrates the true story of how a young teen named Kate Shelley risked her life to save the engineers of a train that crashed into a river when the bridge near her home collapsed, and how she had to get word to the nearest station to alert them to stop the express train.
- Main sketch is a combination of the film Midnight Express and the rock performance TV series The Midnight Special, hosted by Abbot and Costello, with special performances by Wolfman Jack (Rick Moranis) and Randy Newman (Dave Thomas).
- Ric and Michael went against Professor Adler's decision and gambled on how to split the twins bowels so to give both twins the best chance of survival. The twins come through but a complication towards the end brought Connie and Elliott back in to save the day. Connie and John declared their love for one another and agreed to keep on seeing each other. Kyla began to fall for her patient, Dorian, but Mark found his lost patient notes and found that he is a diagnosed schizophrenic. Kyla told him she didn't want to see him again and later found the letters that Maddie had hidden from Abra. Maria had a chance meeting with a handsome pediatric surgeon on the separation op. He asked her out and she turned him down initially because of Aaron, her email romancer. Later on, he revealed himself to be Aaron and Maria was delighted and agreed to go out with him. Jayne's job continued to be in jeopardy until she received a call from the Strategic Health Authority, who agreed to fund the separation op which meant that she could return the donation to Randal. On top of that the Immigration Board gave the Tans asylum and several of the Board were forced to resign much to Jayne's delight.
- Jayne comes under fire from the Board for accepting Randall's donation, as he is charged with child molestation in the U.S. But Jayne takes a stand and moves that the surgery takes place straight away. Jayne urges the Board to stop the operation themselves but she won't do it. Linden urges her to tell the press that they accepted the donation because no-one else would fund it. As Connie and Elliott proceed with the surgery they discover a complication, Connie corrects and then hands over to Ric and Michael. They, in turn, successfully operate on a ureter problem with the stronger twin. Meanwhile, Kyla's patient Dorian continues to pursue her. Egged on by Maddie, Donna and Maria Kyla confesses to him that she's an alcoholic, paving the way for a possible relationship as Maddie continues to hide Abra's letters for Kyla. Elsewhere, a jealous Jac maliciously told Ric about Faye's disabled son so that she wouldn't be in theatre with Joseph. However Connie, on Faye's side, reprimanded Jac in no uncertain terms.
- Fed up with Magnus' instability, Felix considers an unlikely alliance to restore order as CableCash's surprising growth creates public suspicion.
- 2017–Podcast Episode
- 2017–Podcast Episode
- 2017–Podcast Episode
- 2017–Podcast Episode
- In intimate detail, Locked Up Abroad reveals Billy Hayes' real-life experience behind the Oscar-winning 1978 film, "Midnight Express."
- 2014– 9mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 2h 2mPodcast Episode
- 2020– 1h 58mPodcast Episode
- 2018– 19mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 58mPodcast Episode
- 2021– 1h 29mPodcast Episode
- Legendary German actor Norbert Weisser, based in the United States, returned to give an interview after so many years for Jhon Jatenjor's Interviews, to talk about his beginnings in cinema, outstanding works and, of course, his future projects. He also gave anecdotes about Schindler's List, Midnight Express, Three Amigos, Hocus Pocus and The Thing.
- 2021– 1h 29mPodcast Episode
- Episode: (2022)2018– 54mPodcast Episode
- 2021–Podcast EpisodeBilly Hayes is a writer, actor, and film director. He is best known as the author of Midnight Express. Since that book was published, he has written Riding the Midnight Express, the Midnight Express Letters, and Midnight Return. He currently performs a one man show about his life. A little background: The film Midnight Express was written by Oliver Stone. It won a ton of awards including 2 Oscars. A bit of fun... after the initial success of the movie Billy drove band equipment. He's worked for Heart, Avril Lavigne, Nickelback, Sum41, Bare Naked Ladies, Train, and Good Charlotte. My second guest is Brian Anderson. He is a front of house engineer and tour manager. He has worked for KISS, Julio Iglesias Jr., Blues Traveler, Hoobastank, Harry Shearer, Natasha Bedingfield, and the Heavy. He is also the CEO of Band Production Services. Not so much fun in my experience Brian has quite simply moved more band crap than anyone I've ever met.
- Episode: (2022)2019–Podcast Episode
- Episode: (2022)2020– 57mPodcast Episode
- 2019–Podcast Episode
- 2018–Podcast Episode
- 2021– 2h 13mPodcast Episode
- 2009–TV EpisodeA study of two hidden themes in the classic prison drama MIDNIGHT EXPRESS.
- 2020–Podcast Episode
- 2022– 20mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 44mPodcast Episode