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Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright

7.3

Wake in Fright

R·1971·109m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Novel

Kenneth Cook

Screenplay

Evan Jones

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$50,394.00

Keywords

australia
based on novel or book
gambling
beer
teacher
mining town
outback
hunt
drunkenness
australian outback
christmas
kangaroo
coin toss
independent film