Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

109 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 21, 1971

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Wake in Fright

109 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 21, 1971

Wake in Fright
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Group W, NLT
Original title Wake in Fright
Directors Howard Rubie, Rita Cavill, Ted Kotcheff
Writers Evan Jones, Kenneth Cook

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

Maggie Dence

as Receptionist

Norm Erskine

as Joe the Cook

Buster Fiddess

as Charlie Jones

Tex Foote

as Stubbs

Nancy Knudsen

as Robyn

Dawn Lake

as Joyce

Harry Lawrence

as Higgins

Robert McDarra

as Pig Eyes

Owen Moase

as 1st Controller

John Dalleen

as 2nd Controller

Colin Hughes

as Stockman

Jacko Jackson

as Van Driver

Carlo Manchini

as Poker Player

Liam Reynolds

as Miner

Nelson

as The Fighting Kangaroo