Wake in Fright (1971)
Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
Synopsis
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Cast
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Donald Pleasence
as Doc Tydon
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Gary Bond
as John Grant
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Chips Rafferty
as Jock Crawford
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Sylvia Kay
as Janette Hynes
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Jack Thompson
as Dick
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Peter Whittle
as Joe
- Al Thomas as Tim Hynes
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John Meillon
as Charlie
- John Armstrong as Atkins
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Slim DeGrey
as Jarvis
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Maggie Dence
as Receptionist
- Norm Erskine as Joe the Cook
- Owen Moase as 1st Controller
- John Dalleen as 2nd Controller
- Buster Fiddess as Charlie Jones
- Tex Foote as Stubbs
- Colin Hughes as Stockman
- Jacko Jackson as Van Driver
Crew
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Ted Kotcheff
Director
- Brian West Director of Photography
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Anthony Buckley
Editor
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John Scott
Original Music Composer
- George Willoughby Producer
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Evan Jones
Screenplay
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Ted Kotcheff
Screenplay
