Billy 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".
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
