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72% Critic Match
Wake in Fright
“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.”
7.2 / 10• 1971• 1h 49m•R• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Cast & Crew
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Lead
Gary Bond
John Grant
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson
Dick
Peter Whittle
Joe
AT
Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
John Meillon
Charlie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ted Kotcheff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wake in Fright is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
