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Wake in Fright

73 %|Jul 21, 1971|Drama, Thriller

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.

Featured Crew

Ted Kotcheff
Director
George Willoughby
Producer
Anthony Buckley
Editor
Maurice Singer
Associate Producer
Howard G. Barnes
Executive Producer
Jill Dempster
Casting
Evan Jones
Screenplay
Brian West
Director of Photography

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Cast

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Gary Bond
John Grant
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Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
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Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
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Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
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Maggie Dence
Receptionist
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Norm Erskine
Joe The Cook
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Owen Moase
First Controller
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John Dalleen
Second Controller
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Buster Fiddess
Charlie Jones
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Tex Foote
Stubbs
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Colin Hughes
Stockman
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Jacko Jackson
Van Driver
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Carlo Manchini
Poker Player
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Nelson
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