About
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.
Cast
Nicole Kidman
as Katrina Stanton
Denholm Elliott
as Hal Stanton
Hugo Weaving
as Richard Carlisle
Jerome Ehlers
as Arkie Ragan
Judy Morris
as Catherine Faulkner
Norman Kaye
as George McNair
Joy Smithers
as Mandy Engels
Noah Taylor
as Billy Engels
Lewis Fiander
as James Stanton
Gerda Nicolson
as Lady Faulkner
Richard Carter
as Detective King
Pauline Chan
as Pretty Warden
Tan Chandraviroj
as Major Sara
Jonathan Biggins
as O'Keefe
Deborah Kara Unger
as Astra
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Episode 1
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
Episode 2
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
Episode 3
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
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