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Wake in Fright (1971)
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... See full summary » Director:Ted Kotcheff |
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| Donald Pleasence | ... |
'Doc' Tydon
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Gary Bond | ... |
John Grant
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Chips Rafferty | ... |
Jock Crawford
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Sylvia Kay | ... |
Janette Hynes
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Jack Thompson | ... |
Dick
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Peter Whittle | ... |
Joe
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Al Thomas | ... |
Tim Hynes
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| John Meillon | ... |
Charlie
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John Armstrong | ... |
Atkins
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Slim DeGrey | ... |
Jarvis
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Maggie Dence | ... |
Receptionist
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Norm Erskine | ... |
Joe the cook
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Owen Moase | ... |
First controller
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John Dalleen | ... |
Second controller
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Buster Fiddess | ... |
Charlie Jones
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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 his one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left... Written by Anonymous
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Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.Parents Guide:
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(uncredited)
Traditional, based on a Negro spiritual
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Charlie mentions Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly is an infamous bushranger/ bandit/ folk hero in Australia and subject of several films - the earliest from 1906 and the most recent from 2003. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Inside Doc Tydon's hut, there is a window near the back door seen when Grant wants to go to the toilet. However, from outside, the window is at least a meter from the door. See more »Quotes
'Doc' Tydon: I'm a doctor of medicine. And a tramp by temperament. I'm also an alcoholic. My disease prevented me from practicing in Sydney. But out here it's scarcely noticeable.See more »
Soundtracks
"She'll be coming around the mountain"(uncredited)
Traditional, based on a Negro spiritual
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