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Wake in Fright (1971)

Overview

DramaThriller

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

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Content warning
based on novel or bookchristmasindependent filmteacherbeeraustraliaaustralian outbackalcoholismgamblingdrunkenness+5 more
Ted Kotcheff

Director

Ted Kotcheff

ReleasedJul 21, 1971
Runtime1h 49m
StatusReleased
Budget$750K·Revenue$371.7K
United Artists
Group W

Top Cast

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Gary Bond

Gary Bond

John Grant

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

Sylvia Kay

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Dick

Peter Whittle

Peter Whittle

Joe

John Meillon

John Meillon

Charlie

Slim DeGrey

Slim DeGrey

Jarvis

Maggie Dence

Maggie Dence

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