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7.2A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Released: 1971-07-21109 minDir: Ted KotcheffDrama, ThrillerBudget: $750,000Box office: $371,717
Cast
- Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon
- Gary Bond as John Grant
- Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
- Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
- Jack Thompson as Dick
- Peter Whittle as Joe
Themes
- australia
- based on novel or book
- gambling
- beer
- alcoholism
- teacher
- mining town
- outback
- hunt
- drunkenness
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- hunting
- Movement
- Australian New Wave
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Cast member
- John Meillon
- Composer
- John Scott
- Narrative location
- Broken Hill
- Filming location
- Australia
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 346868
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1971-01-01
- title
- Wake in Fright
- distributed by
- United Artists
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 85/100
- box office
- 312323
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