

Bangkok Hilton
1989-11-05 · 90 min / episode · ★ 6.9
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.
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- Unavailable
- Production companies
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Nicole KidmanKatrina Stanton
Denholm ElliottHal Stanton
Hugo WeavingRichard Carlisle
Jerome EhlersArkie Ragan
Judy MorrisCatherine Faulkner
Norman KayeGeorge McNair
Joy SmithersMandy Engels
Noah TaylorBilly Engels
Lewis FianderJames Stanton
Gerda NicolsonLady Faulkner
Richard CarterDetective King
Pauline ChanPretty Warden
Jonathan BigginsO'Keefe
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