Wake in Fright (1971)

07/21/1971 (AU) • Drama, Thriller • 1h 49m

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

Overview

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

Wake in Fright (1971)

07/21/1971 (AU) • 1h 49m

Drama, Thriller

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

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Doc Tydon

John Grant

Jock Crawford

Janette Hynes

Dick

Joe

Tim Hynes

Charlie

Atkins

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$750,000.00

Revenue

$371,717.00

Keywords

australia

based on novel or book

gambling

beer

teacher

mining town

outback

hunt

drunkenness

australian outback

christmas

kangaroo

coin toss

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