| Brad Davis | Billy Hayes |
| Randy Quaid | Jimmy Booth |
| John Hurt | Max |
| Bo Hopkins | Tex |
| Paul L. Smith | Hamidou |
| Mike Kellin | Mr. Hayes |
| Norbert Weisser | Erich |
| Irene Miracle | Susan |
| Paolo Bonacelli | Rifki |
| Michael Ensign | Stanley Daniels |
| Kevork Malikyan | Prosecutor |
Caught smuggling hashish, American Billy Hayes is made an example of and given a harsh sentence in a hellish Turkish prison.
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