Wake in Fright
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Director(s)
Ted Kotcheff
Howard Rubie
Rita Cavill
Cast & crew
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Maggie Dence
Receptionist
Harry Lawrence
Higgins
Jack Thompson
Dick
John Meillon
Charlie
Gary Bond
John Grant
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
Peter Whittle
Joe
Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
John Armstrong
Atkins
Slim DeGrey
Jarvis
Norm Erskine
Joe the Cook
Buster Fiddess
Charlie Jones
Tex Foote
Stubbs
Nancy Knudsen
Robyn
Dawn Lake
Joyce
Robert McDarra
Pig Eyes
Owen Moase
1st Controller
John Dalleen
2nd Controller
Colin Hughes
Stockman
Jacko Jackson
Van Driver
Carlo Manchini
Poker Player
Liam Reynolds
Miner
Nelson
The Fighting Kangaroo
Ted Kotcheff
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Howard Rubie
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Rita Cavill
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Details
GenresDrama, Thriller
Runtime1h 49 mins
Released on21 Jul 1971
Languageen
Produced inAustralia
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