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Blood and Orchids
A Rape in Hawaii
This true crime book by Norman Katkov is the story of
a woman whose rape by the best friend of her husband
was blamed on four young Hawaiian men. The book was a best
seller when it was first released.
Title:
Blood and Orchids
Author: Norman Katkov
Publisher: New American Library
Reissued: October 1991
Dimensions: 1.2 x 4.2 x 6.8
Binding: Paperback
Availability:
Buy It At Amazon.com
(book is out of print and hard to find)
New York Times Review of the 1983 Edition
Blood & Orchids
1986 Made for TV Movie
(four hour movie shown in 2 parts)
Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death
by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the
hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved,
fearing they might be blamed, because she was white,
but do so anyway. Almost immediately everyone suspects
they are to blame. When Hester's politically influential
mother Doris finds out what really happened, she fearing
a scandal, forces her daughter to blame the men who rescued
her, of raping and beating her. It's up to detective Curt
Maddox, to find out what really happened, and their
Hawaiian lawyer to do the impossible. Convince a white
court of law, that they are innocent.
Starring:
Kris Kristofferson - Captain Curtis Maddox
Jane Alexander - Doris Ashley
Sean Young - Lenore Bergman
Jose Ferrar - Walter Bergman
Susan Blakely - Marie Farrell
Reviews:
Review at IMDB
New York Times Reivew
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