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Wake in Fright

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7.3/10 • 304

1971-07-211h 49m

DramaThriller

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Directors
Ted Kotcheff
Editors
Anthony Buckley

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  1. Gary Bond

    Gary Bond

    John Grant

  2. Donald Pleasence

    Donald Pleasence

    Doc Tydon

  3. Chips Rafferty

    Chips Rafferty

    Jock Crawford

  4. Sylvia Kay

    Sylvia Kay

    Janette Hynes

  5. Jack Thompson

    Jack Thompson

    Dick

  6. Peter Whittle

    Peter Whittle

    Joe

  7. Al Thomas

    Al Thomas

    Tim Hynes

  8. John Meillon

    John Meillon

    Charlie

  9. John Armstrong

    John Armstrong

    Atkins

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$750,000.00
Revenue
$371,717.00
Keywords
australiabased on novel or bookgamblingbeerteachermining townoutbackhuntdrunkennessaustralian outbackchristmaskangaroocoin tossindependent film