Wake in Fright (1971)
Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
1971 · R · 1h 49m · Drama, Thriller
Genres: Drama, Thriller
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writers: Kenneth Cook, Evan Jones, Ted Kotcheff
Music by: John Scott
Cinematography: Brian West
Editor: Anthony Buckley
Rated 7.2/10 by 341 viewers
Cast
Donald Pleasence as Doc TydonGary Bond as John GrantChips Rafferty as Jock CrawfordSylvia Kay as Janette HynesJack Thompson as DickPeter Whittle as JoeAl Thomas as Tim HynesJohn Meillon as CharlieJohn Armstrong as AtkinsSlim DeGrey as JarvisMaggie Dence as ReceptionistNorm Erskine as Joe the CookMore like this
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