Wake in Fright

Ted Kotcheff
1971-07-21

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
7.3
109 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Gary Bond John Grant Unowned
Donald Pleasence Doc Tydon Unowned
Chips Rafferty Jock Crawford Unowned
Sylvia Kay Janette Hynes Unowned
Jack Thompson Dick Unowned
Peter Whittle Joe Unowned
Al Thomas Tim Hynes Unowned
John Meillon Charlie Unowned
John Armstrong Atkins Unowned
Slim DeGrey Jarvis Unowned
Maggie Dence Receptionist Unowned
Norm Erskine Joe The Cook Unowned
Owen Moase First Controller Unowned
John Dalleen Second Controller Unowned
Buster Fiddess Charlie Jones Unowned
Tex Foote Stubbs Unowned
Colin Hughes Stockman Unowned
Jacko Jackson Van Driver Unowned
Nancy Knudsen Robyn Unowned
Dawn Lake Joyce Unowned
Harry Lawrence Higgins Unowned
Robert McDarra Pig Eyes Unowned
Carlo Manchini Poker Player Unowned
Liam Reynolds Miner Unowned
Nelson The Fighting Kangaroo Unowned