Wake in Fright
“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.”
1971•R•1h 49m•7.2•Released
DramaThriller
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Writer
Evan Jones, Ted Kotcheff
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
NLT Productions
Cast
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Gary Bond
John Grant
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson
Dick
Peter Whittle
Joe
Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
John Meillon
Charlie
John Armstrong
Atkins
Slim DeGrey
Jarvis
Maggie Dence
Receptionist
Norm Erskine
Joe the Cook
Owen Moase
1st Controller
John Dalleen
2nd Controller
Buster Fiddess
Charlie Jones
Production
Company
NLT Productions
Company
Group W
Producer
George Willoughby
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