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
7.4/10
(281 users) 
Overview
A schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his wa 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.
7.4/10
(281 users) Cast / Crew 
Gary Bond John Grant 
Donald Pleasence Doc Tydon 
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 First Controller John Dalleen Second Controller Buster Fiddess Charlie Jones 
Ted Kotcheff Director George Willoughby Producer Brian West Director of Photography 
Anthony Buckley Editor Maurice Singer Associate Producer 
Evan Jones Screenplay Kenneth Cook Novel Howard G. Barnes Executive Producer Bill Harmon Executive Producer Jill Dempster Casting John Merrick Casting John Scott Original Music Composer Dennis Gentle Art Direction Howard Rubie First Assistant Director John R. McLean Camera Operator
Gary Bond John Grant Donald Pleasence Doc Tydon 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 First Controller John Dalleen Second Controller Buster Fiddess Charlie Jones Ted Kotcheff Director George Willoughby Producer Brian West Director of Photography Anthony Buckley Editor Maurice Singer Associate Producer Evan Jones Screenplay Kenneth Cook Novel Howard G. Barnes Executive Producer Bill Harmon Executive Producer Jill Dempster Casting John Merrick Casting John Scott Original Music Composer Dennis Gentle Art Direction Howard Rubie First Assistant Director John R. McLean Camera Operator 
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