Genres
Networks
Bangkok Hilton
Overview
This classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes and tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of the father she has never known. Her search takes her from Australia to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man, Arkie Regan, who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport. Following her imprisonment in the notorious Bangkok Hilton prison she awaits the decision of the authorities on whether she should face the death penalty.
Key Crew
Writer: Tony Morphett, Ken Cameron, Terry Hayes
Producer: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Terry Hayes
Top Cast
Nicole Kidman
Katrina Stanton
Denholm Elliott
Hal Stanton
Hugo Weaving
Richard Carlisle
Jerome Ehlers
Arkie Ragan
Judy Morris
Catherine Faulkner
Norman Kaye
George McNair
Joy Smithers
Mandy Engels
Noah Taylor
Billy Engels
Seasons
Season 1 (1989)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
1989-11-05A young woman finds out the truth of her believed to be dead father, a former British Army Officer and begins quest to find him, only to be arrested in Bangkok for unknowingly transporting illegal narcotics hidden in her baggage
Runtime: 95 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
1989-11-06Kat's incarceration begins in a prison nicknamed the Bangkok Hilton, facing a potential death penalty. People try to help her inside and outside the prison
Runtime: 90 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
1989-11-07After the execution of 2 of her inmate friends, a plan is hatched, and one of the men who is helping attorney her turns out to be somebody else
Runtime: 80 min
