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To: Libloather
I'm reminded of that movie about Turkish prisons called "Midnight Express". A guy got busted for smuggling drugs in Turkey.

If I remember right the prisoner dressed up as a woman to escape.

Griner has that part nailed already so there's some hope. Oh wait. I think the Russians are already on to that ruse.

4 posted on 09/15/2022 1:01:52 AM PDT by Boomer ( What's the difference between Nazi Germany in 1932 and the USA in 2022? 5k miles and 90 years.)
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To: Boomer

If its the one I’m thinking of, he killed a guard and stole his uniform


6 posted on 09/15/2022 1:50:43 AM PDT by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: Boomer

No... He used the wardens uniform...


18 posted on 09/15/2022 4:06:06 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: Boomer

I saw that movie in Athens, Greece while backpacking thru Europe. While I wasn’t traveling “dangerously” (doing drugs, etc), that movie scared the bejeebus out of me.

Also...great soundtrack.


24 posted on 09/15/2022 5:16:24 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Boomer
"Midnight Express" made quite an impact on me when I saw it in the theater back in the late 1970s. Just like "Jaws" made you not want to go in the water, "Midnight Express" made you not want to ever have to go through customs in a foreign airport.

Anyway, I'm thinking the Russians have a lot more on their plate right now to be worrying about some spoiled American drug smuggler in their prison system. This person sure picked a bad time to bring drugs into Russia.

30 posted on 09/15/2022 6:42:56 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,070,045 users on Truth Social)
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To: Boomer

No. The guy(actor Brad Davis) killed the Turkish guard who was about to rape him, stole his uniform(which was just a little too big for him) and walked out of the prison.


39 posted on 09/16/2022 12:18:13 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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