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Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright (1971)

Drama Thriller 109 min (R)
7.5 / 10 IMDb 7.6 / 10
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Wake in Fright

1971 DramaThriller 109 min R 7.5 / 10 IMDb 7.6 / 10

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into his own destruction.

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Directors
Ted Kotcheff
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Top Cast
Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay

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