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Bangkok Hilton

Bangkok Hilton

1989•1h 30m•6.8/10
Drama

Ratings

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6.8/10(50)

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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Production

Kennedy Miller Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 5, 1989

Last Aired

November 7, 1989

Networks

ABC TV

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1989-11-05
A 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
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1989-11-06
Kat'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
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1989-11-07
After 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

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Katrina Stanton

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Hal Stanton

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Richard Carlisle

Jerome Ehlers

Jerome Ehlers

Arkie Ragan

Judy Morris

Judy Morris

Catherine Faulkner

Norman Kaye

Norman Kaye

George McNair

Joy Smithers

Joy Smithers

Mandy Engels

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Billy Engels

Lewis Fiander

Lewis Fiander

James Stanton

Gerda Nicolson

Gerda Nicolson

Lady Faulkner

Richard Carter

Richard Carter

Detective King

Pauline Chan

Pauline Chan

Pretty Warden

Tan Chandraviroj

Major Sara

Jonathan Biggins

Jonathan Biggins

O'Keefe

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Astra

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