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Bangkok Hilton (1989)
Directed by Ken Cameron
Overview
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage through Thai customs for Arkie, only for the police to find drugs in his bag. Kat is sentenced to spend time in the horrific “Bangkok Hilton” prison, where she makes friends with fellow inmate Mandy Engels (Smithers), who has been sentenced to death. Whilst she endures the terrible conditions inside, Kat’s lawyer Richard Carlisle (Weaving) and ex-patriot Hal Stanton (Elliott) battle with the authorities to have her freed.
Length 265 minutes
Actors
Denholm Elliott | Noah Taylor | Hugo Weaving | Nicole Kidman | Richard Carter | Jerome Ehlers | Judy Morris | Pauline Chan | Norman Kaye | Lewis Fiander | Joy Smithers | Gerda Nicholson | Tan Chandraviroj