Wake in Fright
1971 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 7.2
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Based on Wake in Fright
Also known as Outback
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Details
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-07-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (336 votes)
Themes
- australia
- based on novel or book
- gambling
- beer
- alcoholism
- teacher
- mining town
- outback
- hunt
- drunkenness
- australian outback
- christmas
- +3 more
Cast & crew
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
- AT
Al Thomas
as Tim Hynes
John Meillon
as Charlie
- JA
John Armstrong
as Atkins
Slim DeGrey
as Jarvis
Directed by Ted Kotcheff