Wake in Fright (1972)

02/20/1972 1h 49m

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Donald Pleasence

as Doc Tydon

Born 10/05/1919

Died 02/02/1995, age

Jack Thompson

as Dick

Born 08/31/1940, age

John Meillon

as Charlie

Born 05/01/1934

Died 08/11/1989, age