Wake in Fright

• 7.351 Drama
• 1971-07-21
• 109 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Gary Bond (John Grant) Donald Pleasence (Doc Tydon) Chips Rafferty (Jock Crawford) Sylvia Kay (Janette Hynes) Jack Thompson (Dick) Peter Whittle (Joe) Al Thomas (Tim Hynes) John Meillon (Charlie) John Armstrong (Atkins) Slim DeGrey (Jarvis)

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writer:

Evan Jones