Wake in Fright (1971)
7.3
/10 By 285 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : July 21, 1971
Runtime : 109m
Companies : NLT, Group W, United Artists
Countries : Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Keywords : australia, based on novel or book, gambling, beer, teacher, mining town, outback, hunt, drunkenness, australian outback, christmas, kangaroo, coin toss, independent film
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