Wake in Fright (1971)
Kernel Score: 80% · 329 ratings
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971-07-21
Runtime: 109 minutes
Overview
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Cast
- Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon
- Gary Bond as John Grant
- Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
- Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
- Jack Thompson as Dick
- Peter Whittle as Joe
- Al Thomas as Tim Hynes
- John Meillon as Charlie
- John Armstrong as Atkins
- Slim DeGrey as Jarvis