Jul 21, 1971
109 min
Full-HD

Wake in Fright (1971)

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Category

Drama Thriller

Country

Australia United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

NLT Group W United Artists

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Gary Bond

John Grant

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

Jack Thompson

Dick

Peter Whittle

Joe

Al Thomas

Tim Hynes

John Meillon

Charlie

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