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1971
  • Drama
  • Thriller

Wake in Fright

Have a drink, mate? have a fight, mate? have some dust and sweat, mate? there's nothing else out here.
Runtime
1h 49m
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Countries
  • AU
  • Australia
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Languages
  • en
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.

Crew
Evan Jones
Screenplay
Kenneth Cook
Novel
Ted Kotcheff
Director
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Cast
Gary Bond
John Grant
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson
Dick
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    July 21, 1971
  • Original Language
    English
  • Revenue
    $ 50,394
  • Production Companies
    • Group W
    • NLT

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