Wake in Fright (1971)
"Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here."
Title: Wake in Fright
Original Title: Wake in Fright
Release Date: 1971-07-21
Status: Released
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 295 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Production Companies: NLT, Group W, United Artists
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.
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
