Wake in Fright (1971)
Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
Starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into his own destruction.
Runtime: 114 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: Australia
Genres: Drama,Thriller
Keywords: gambling,based on novel or book,beer,australia,independent film,teacher,violence,mining town,outback,hunt,drunkenness,australian outback,kangaroo,coin toss
Cast
John Grant
Doc Tydon
Jock Crawford
Janette Hynes
Dick
Joe
Tim Hynes
Charlie
Atkins
Jarvis
Receptionist
Joe The Cook
First Controller
Second Controller
Charlie Jones
Stubbs
Stockman
Van Driver
Robyn
Joyce
Higgins
Pig Eyes
Poker Player
Miner
The Fighting Kangaroo