Wake in Fright

Jul 21, 1971

1h 49m

★ 7.3

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

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

NLT

Group W

United Artists

Wake in Fright Trailers

Cast

John Grant

Gary Bond

Doc Tydon

Donald Pleasence

Jock Crawford

Chips Rafferty

Janette Hynes

Sylvia Kay

Dick

Jack Thompson

Joe

Peter Whittle

Tim Hynes

Al Thomas

Charlie

John Meillon

Atkins

John Armstrong

Jarvis

Slim DeGrey

Receptionist

Maggie Dence

Joe The Cook

Norm Erskine

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