Wake in Fright

Name: Wake in Fright
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971-07-21
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson

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

7.2(328 votes)

1h 49m

July 21, 1971

DramaThriller

Overview

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

Status

Released

Budget

$750,000

Revenue

$371,717

Production Companies

NLT, Group W, United Artists

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Top Cast

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Gary Bond

John Grant

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

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