Film
Wake in Fright
1971· R· 1h 49m· Drama· Thriller
“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.”
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
1971-07-21
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Key Crew
DirectorTed Kotcheff
ScreenplayEvan Jones
ProducerGeorge Willoughby
Director of PhotographyBrian West
Original Music ComposerJohn Scott
EditorAnthony Buckley
Full cast & crew (26 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1971-07-21
Runtime1h 49m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosNLT Productions · Group W
Budget$750,000
Box office$371,717
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesAustralia · United Kingdom · United States of America
Rating7.2/10 · 340 votes
Original languageen
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