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Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

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

Genres

DramaThriller

OverView

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

Others

Budget

$750000

Revenue

$371717

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

21 July 1971

Country

Australia

Cast

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Gary Bond

Gary Bond

John Grant

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

Sylvia Kay

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Dick

Peter Whittle

Peter Whittle

Joe

Al Thomas

Al Thomas

Tim Hynes

John Meillon

John Meillon

Charlie

John Armstrong

John Armstrong

Atkins

Slim DeGrey

Slim DeGrey

Jarvis

Maggie Dence

Maggie Dence

Receptionist

Norm Erskine

Norm Erskine

Joe the Cook

Buster Fiddess

Buster Fiddess

Charlie Jones

Tex Foote

Tex Foote

Stubbs

Nancy Knudsen

Nancy Knudsen

Robyn

Dawn Lake

Dawn Lake

Joyce

Harry Lawrence

Harry Lawrence

Higgins

Robert McDarra

Robert McDarra

Pig Eyes

Owen Moase

Owen Moase

1st Controller

John Dalleen

John Dalleen

2nd Controller

Colin Hughes

Colin Hughes

Stockman

Jacko Jackson

Jacko Jackson

Van Driver

Carlo Manchini

Carlo Manchini

Poker Player

Liam Reynolds

Liam Reynolds

Miner

Nelson

Nelson

The Fighting Kangaroo

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