Wake in Fright (1971)

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

Movie · Drama, Thriller · 1h 49m · Rated 7.2/10 on TMDB · Released July 21, 1971

Overview

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

Directed by Ted Kotcheff

Cast

• Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon
• Gary Bond as John Grant
• Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
• Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
• Jack Thompson as Dick
• Peter Whittle as Joe
• Al Thomas as Tim Hynes
• John Meillon as Charlie
• John Armstrong as Atkins
• Slim DeGrey as Jarvis
• Maggie Dence as Receptionist
• Norm Erskine as Joe the Cook

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