Wake in Fright 1971
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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.
- Released: 1971-07-21
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Stars: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson
- Director: George Willoughby, Ted Kotcheff, Kenneth Cook, Howard G. Barnes, Bill Harmon
