Wake in Fright

AKA:

Outback

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:39

Genre:

Drama,Thriller

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Cast:

Gary Bond	John Grant
Donald Pleasence	`'Doc'` Tydon
Chips Rafferty	Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay	Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson	Dick
Peter Whittle	Joe
Al Thomas	Tim Hynes
John Meillon	Charlie
John Armstrong	Atkins
Slim DeGrey	Jarvis
Maggie Dence	Receptionist
Norman Erskine	Joe the cook
Owen Moase	First controller
John Dalleen	Second controller
Buster Fiddess	Charlie Jones
Tex Foote	Stubbs
Colin Hughes	Stockman
Jacko Jackson	Van Driver
Nancy Knudsen	Robyn
Dawn Lake	Joyce
Harry Lawrence	Higgins
Bob McDarra	Pig Eyes
Carlo Marchini	Poker player
Liam Reynolds	Miner

Producers:

George Willoughby , Howard G. Barnes , Bill Harmon

Writers:

Evan Jones

Language:

English

Related Programs:

Walkabout

Deliverance

Mad Dog Morgan

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide.

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