Picks and Pans Review: Midnight Express

UPDATED 08/15/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/15/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT

ABC (9-11:25 p.m. ET)

Parental discretion is advised for this unabashedly violent 1978 drama, which won an Oscar nomination for best film. Brad Davis stars as an American student socked away in a subhuman Turkish prison after he tries to leave Istanbul with two kilos of hashish tucked under his shirt. John Hurt and Randy Quaid perform ably in supporting roles.

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