Wake in Fright

1971

1h 49m

7.2

7.2/10

330 votes • View on IMDb

Drama Thriller

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $750,000

Revenue: $371,717

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

NLT Group W United Artists

Production Countries

Australia United Kingdom United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

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

Quick Facts

Release Date	July 21, 1971
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0067541

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

Key Crew

Ted Kotcheff

Director

George Willoughby

Producer

Evan Jones

Screenplay

Howard G. Barnes

Executive Producer

Bill Harmon