Wake in Fright
Jul 21 1971
•2h 49m
•Drama, Thriller
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.
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Gary Bond
John Grant
Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
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