109 minutes
Wake in Fright (1971)
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.
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.
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Cast
John Grant
Gary Bond
Doc Tydon
Donald Pleasence
Jock Crawford
Chips Rafferty
Janette Hynes
Sylvia Kay
Dick
Jack Thompson
Joe
Peter Whittle
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More about Wake in Fright
Languages
English
Release date
21 July 1971
Directors
Ted Kotcheff
Genres
Drama, Thriller
TMDB Rating
7.4
Runtime
109 mins
Wake in Fright is a Drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence. It has a runtime of 109 minutes and a high TMDB audience rating of 7.4 from 280 votes.
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