Movie
Wake in Fright
1971R1h 49m7.3 / 10
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.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Wake in Fright opened in theaters September 22, 1971. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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Cast
Donald PleasenceDoc Tydon
Gary BondJohn Grant
Chips RaffertyJock Crawford
Sylvia KayJanette Hynes
Jack ThompsonDick
Peter WhittleJoeAl ThomasTim Hynes
John MeillonCharlieCredits
- Directed by
- Ted Kotcheff
- Written by
- Ted Kotcheff, Evan Jones, Kenneth Cook
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $750K
- Box office
- $371.7K
Production
- NLT ProductionsAustralia
- Group WUnited States
Themes
alcoholismaustraliaaustralian outbackbased on novel or bookbeerchristmascoin tossdrunkenness