Wake in Fright (2012)

  • R
  • 09/22/2012 (US)
  • Drama, Thriller
  • 1h 49m

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

Overview

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.

Ted Kotcheff

Director

Evan Jones

Screenplay

Kenneth Cook

Novel

Cast

Gary Bond's headshot

Gary Bond

John Grant
Donald Pleasence's headshot

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon
Chips Rafferty's headshot

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay's headshot

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson's headshot

Jack Thompson

Dick
Peter Whittle's headshot

Peter Whittle

Joe
Al Thomas's headshot

Al Thomas

Tim Hynes
John Meillon's headshot

John Meillon

Charlie

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