Wake in Fright (1971)

Name: Wake in Fright
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Al Thomas, Chips Rafferty, Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Jack Thompson

Drama Thriller

7.2 (361 votes)

1h 49m

Overview

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

Details

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writer: Evan Jones
Original Language: English
Budget: $750,000

Cast

Al Thomas Chips Rafferty Donald Pleasence Gary Bond Jack Thompson John Armstrong John Meillon Peter Whittle Slim DeGrey Sylvia Kay

Keywords

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