
Wake in Fright(1971)
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.


“For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed.”
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

Rachel Ward
Sally Jones
Sean Garlick
Sid
Elaine Cusick
Mrs. O'Brien
Laurie Moran
Mr. O'Brien

Marc Aden Gray
Tommy
Ray Chubb
Publican
Bradley Meehan
Richard

Rebecca Rigg
Narelle

Beth Buchanan
Leanne
Anna Crawford
Sarah
Fortress is a drama, horror, thriller film released in 1985 exploring themes of australia, based on novel or book, underground, kidnapping, cave, elementary school. Directed by Arch Nicholson, it stars Rachel Ward, Sean Garlick, Elaine Cusick. After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.
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