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Wake in Fright

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7.3/10 • 297

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 schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his way home for Christmas. Discovering a local gambling craze that may grant him the money to move back to Sydney for good, he embarks on a five-day nightmarish odyssey of drinking, gambling, and hunting.

Directors
Ted Kotcheff
Editors
Anthony Buckley

Top Billed Cast

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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
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Revenue
$50,394.00
Keywords
australiabased on novel or bookgamblingbeerteachermining townoutbackhuntdrunkennessaustralian outbackchristmaskangaroocoin tossindependent film