Wake in Fright

September. 22,2012      R
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Gary Bond as  John Grant
Donald Pleasence as  Doc Tydon
Chips Rafferty as  Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay as  Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson as  Dick
Peter Whittle as  Joe
John Meillon as  Charlie
Maggie Dence as  Receptionist

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