Wake in Fright

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.
IMDb 7.51 h 44 min1971R
DramaSuspenseExcitingDownbeat
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Nudityviolencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content

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Directors

Ted Kotcheff

Producers

Bill HarmonGeorge WilloughbyHoward G. BarnesMaurice Singer

Cast

Gary BondDonald Pleasence

Studio

Drafthouse Films
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