australia,based on novel or book,gambling,beer,teacher,mining town,outback,hunt,drunkenness,australian outback,christmas,kangaroo,coin toss,independent film

Wake in Fright (1971)

Poster for Wake in Fright

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

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

Cast & Crew

Director
Ted Kotcheff
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    John Grant Gary Bond
  • Profile picture of Donald Pleasence
    Doc Tydon Donald Pleasence
  • Profile picture of Chips Rafferty
    Jock Crawford Chips Rafferty
  • Profile picture of Sylvia Kay
    Janette Hynes Sylvia Kay
  • Profile picture of Jack Thompson
    Dick Jack Thompson
  • Profile picture of Peter Whittle
    Joe Peter Whittle
  • Profile picture of John Meillon
    Charlie John Meillon
  • Profile picture of Maggie Dence
    Receptionist Maggie Dence

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Keywords

  • australia
  • based on novel or book
  • gambling
  • beer
  • teacher
  • mining town
  • outback
  • hunt
  • drunkenness
  • australian outback
  • christmas
  • kangaroo
  • coin toss
  • independent film