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After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.


“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.”
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

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
John Armstrong
Atkins

Slim DeGrey
Jarvis
Wake in Fright is a drama, thriller film released in 1971 exploring themes of australia, based on novel or book, gambling, beer, alcoholism, teacher. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, it stars Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty. A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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