Midnight Express (1978) - At the Customs, Luqa (Filmed in Malta)

Midnight Express is a 1978 American film directed by Alan Parker and based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story, especially in its portrayal of Turks, and some have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later, both Oliver Stone and Billy Hayes expressed their regret on how Turkish people were portrayed in the movie.[1] It starred Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, Peter Jeffrey and John Hurt. Alan Parker directed and David Puttnam produced. The film's title is prison slang for an inmate's escape attempt.

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[ellulivan]

@ryanbugun the actors are Maltese, speaking in Maltese too...

[ron1978m]

Thats maltese m8 trust me i know my languge

[panosch7]

@1TheGamer none of the actors are Greeks...this is your real face turkey...show us civilization....muuahahahah

[IzzoJVlogs]

Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic while turkish comes from Turkic

[exgbiankinu]

it's maltese.. not turkish

[ALUAND17]

FUCK TURKEY

[meralodem]

I am a türk and the turkish they speak is sooooo weird. none of the actors are türk

[Kelly14UK]

Ma nafx nitkellem Malti. Omni Maltija mil -Belt. Triq Sant Antnin. Misseriah Scocciz. I can't speak English either even though I've lived all my life in Scotland.

[Adamantitero]

the police is speaking Maltese turkish is different

[1TheGamer]

@ryanbugun

OMG!

I am self turk and i know my own language ;)

but the actors are greeks