The Midnight Express is a romantic film directed by George W. Hill

George W. Hill

George William Hill was an American film director and cinematographer.-Career:He began his film career at age 13 as a stagehand with director D. W. Griffith...

.

Plot

Jack (Haines) is a young man who has a wild lifestyle. This displeases his father. Jack wants to prove to him he can be a hardworking man as well and decides to find work at a railroad yard as a laborer. Silent Bill Brachley is a convict who has escaped jail and steals Jack's car. Jack chases him and eventually meets Mary (Hammerstein). Brachley is led back to jail and swears revenge. He escapes jail yet again and confronts Jack. After Jack wins the fight, he receives the respect from his father and has Mary as his sweetheart.

Reception

After femme fatale Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Peggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages to wealthy men, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, her diamonds and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen.-Brief Biography:Born Marguerite Upton in Berkley, Virginia, she...

 viewed the film, she recalled the kiss between Haines and Hammerstein as the best she'd ever seen on screen. The studio tried to present Hammerstein and Haines as a real-life couple. This was without success, as Haines was homosexual.

Cast

• Elaine Hammerstein
  Elaine Hammerstein
  Elaine Hammerstein was an American silent film and stage actress.-Musical lineage:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of opera producer Arthur Hammerstein and the granddaughter of Oscar Hammerstein. Her father once remarked he was more interested in his daughter's career than...
  
   - Mary Travers
• William Haines
  William Haines
  Charles William "Billy" Haines was an American film actor and interior designer. He was a star of the silent era until the 1930s, when Haines' career was cut short by MGM Studios due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality...
  
   - Jack Oakes
• George Nichols
  George Nichols (actor)
  George Nichols was an American actor and director. He appeared in 221 films between 1908 and 1928. He also directed 103 films between 1911 and 1916.He was born in Rockford, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California....
  
   - John Oakes
• Lloyd Whitlock
  Lloyd Whitlock
  Lloyd Whitlock was an American actor. He appeared in 199 films between 1916 and 1949.-Selected filmography:* The Thrill Chaser * The Woman of Bronze...
  
   - Joseph Davies
• Edwin B. Tilton
  Edwin B. Tilton
  Edwin B. Tilton was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 67 films between 1912 and 1925.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - James Travers
• Pat Harmon
  Pat Harmon
  Pat Harmon was an American film actor. He appeared in 134 films between 1920 and 1947.He was born in Lewiston, Illinois and died in Riverside, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Silent Bill Brachely
• Bertram Grassby - Arthur Bleydon
• Phyllis Haver
  Phyllis Haver
  Phyllis Haver was an American actress of the silent film era.-Early life:She was born Phyllis Haver in Douglass, Kansas. When she was young, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, then a city of less than half a million people. Haver attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High...
  
   - Jessie Sybil
• Roscoe Karns
  Roscoe Karns
  Roscoe Karns was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964.He played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective from 1950 to 1954...
  
   - Switch Hogan
• Jack Richardson
  Jack Richardson (actor)
  Jack Howard Richardson was an American actor.Born in New York, New York, he was signed to a contract in silent films in 1911 by the Thanhouser Company, where he worked for several years....
  
   - Detective Collins
• Noble Johnson
  Noble Johnson
  Noble Johnson was an African American actor and film producer.-Biography:Standing 6'2" at 215 pounds, his impressive physique and handsome features made him in demand as a character actor and bit player...
  
  - Deputy Sheriff