Wake in Fright
“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.”
1971·1h 49m·en·R
7.2
Overview
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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Details
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Written by
- Kenneth Cook, Evan Jones
- Produced by
- George Willoughby
- Composer
- John Scott
- Studios
- United Artists, Group W, NLT
Released July 21, 1971·Australia, United Kingdom, United States·$750,000 budget·$371,717 revenue
Cast
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Gary Bond
John Grant
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson
Dick
Peter Whittle
Joe
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Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
John Meillon
Charlie
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John Armstrong
Atkins
Slim DeGrey
Jarvis
Maggie Dence
Receptionist
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Norm Erskine
Joe the Cook
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Buster Fiddess
Charlie Jones
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Tex Foote
Stubbs
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Nancy Knudsen
Robyn
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Dawn Lake
Joyce
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Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 8 - Wake In Fright (1971) & Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
