Wake in Fright

7.4 / 10

(277 votes)

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.

Country:

Australia,

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Thriller

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

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Company:

NLT,

Group W,

United Artists

Cast:
Gary Bond

John Grant

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

Jack Thompson

Dick

Crew:
Ted Kotcheff

Director

George Willoughby

Producer

Brian West

Director of Photography

Anthony Buckley

Editor

Maurice Singer

Associate Producer