Bangkok Hilton

Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned. Katrina Stanton (Nicole Kidman), is a sheltered young Australian heiress who embarks on an international quest to find her father, Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott). Hal had been a POW in World War... more

Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned. Katrina Stanton (Nicole Kidman), is a sheltered young Australian heiress who embarks on an international quest to find her father, Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott). Hal had been a POW in World War II (as had Denholm Elliott), imprisoned in a Bangkok prison. She is unable to track down her father. While planning her return to Australia from London, Katrina is befriended by Arkie Ragan, a young photographer who becomes her lover and traveling companion. Leaving Bangkok together after a stopover, Katrina is arrested at the airport for drug smuggling and Arkie disappears. The heroin was planted in her luggage by Arkie, a drug smuggler who was using her as an unwitting mule to carry the drugs out of Thailand. Katrina is imprisoned in a... less