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Wake In Fright

Wake In Fright

Directed by Ted Kotcheff

After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But after losing a gambling bet on his way home, he finds himself marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

Cast: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon