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Film · Drama, Thriller

Wake in Fright (1971)

★ 7.2 · 366 votes1 h 49 minDrama, Thriller1971

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.

Director
Ted Kotcheff
Writers
Evan Jones, Kenneth Cook, Ted Kotcheff
Country
Australia
Language
English
Release date
July 21, 1971

Wake in Fright was released on July 21, 1971. Where to watch in United States: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Fandor, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription).

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Wake in Fright cast

  • Donald PleasenceDoc Tydon
  • Gary BondJohn Grant
  • Chips RaffertyJock Crawford
  • Sylvia KayJanette Hynes
  • Jack ThompsonDick
  • Peter WhittleJoe
  • Al ThomasTim Hynes
  • John MeillonCharlie
  • John ArmstrongAtkins
  • Slim DeGreyJarvis
  • Maggie DenceReceptionist
  • Norm ErskineJoe the Cook
  • Owen Moase1st Controller
  • John Dalleen2nd Controller
  • Buster FiddessCharlie Jones
  • Tex FooteStubbs
  • Colin HughesStockman
  • Jacko JacksonVan Driver
  • Nancy KnudsenRobyn
  • Dawn LakeJoyce
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