Wake in Fright
Release date: Jul 21, 1971
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.
DramaThriller
Top Cast
John Grant
Doc Tydon
Jock Crawford
Janette Hynes
Dick
Joe
Tim Hynes
Charlie
Atkins
Jarvis
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Joe The Cook
First Controller
Second Controller
Charlie Jones
Stubbs
Stockman
Van Driver
Robyn
Joyce
Higgins
Pig Eyes
Poker Player
Miner
The Fighting Kangaroo
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