Wake in Fright

Drama, Thriller · 1971R

Alongside Mad Max and Walkabout, Wake In Fright is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal films in the development of modern Australian cinema. Directed by Ted Kotcheff (First Blood) and starring Donald Pleasence (Halloween, The Great Escape), Wake In Fright tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher's (Gary Bond) descent into personal demoralization at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in outback Australia.

Starring

Gary Bond, Ted Kotcheff, Donald Pleasence, Thom Noble, John Scott, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Brian West, Jack Thompson, Tim Wellburn

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Producer

George Willoughby