Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright (1971)

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

Drama Thriller

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.

star 7.3 7.6 85 96%
  • Release Date: 1971-07-21
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Director: Ted Kotcheff

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Gary Bond

      John Grant

    • Donald Pleasence

      Doc Tydon

    • Chips Rafferty

      Jock Crawford

    • Sylvia Kay

      Janette Hynes

    • Jack Thompson

      Dick

    • Peter Whittle

      Joe

    • Al Thomas

      Tim Hynes

    • John Meillon

      Charlie

    • John Armstrong

      Atkins

    • Slim DeGrey

      Jarvis

    • Maggie Dence

      Receptionist

    • Norm Erskine

      Joe The Cook

    • Owen Moase

      First Controller

    • John Dalleen

      Second Controller

    • Buster Fiddess

      Charlie Jones

    • Tex Foote

      Stubbs

    • Colin Hughes

      Stockman

    • Jacko Jackson

      Van Driver

    • Nancy Knudsen

      Robyn

    • Dawn Lake

      Joyce

    • Harry Lawrence

      Higgins

    • Robert McDarra

      Pig Eyes

    • Carlo Manchini

      Poker Player

    • Liam Reynolds

      Miner

    • Nelson

      The Fighting Kangaroo

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