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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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'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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Charlie
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John Armstrong | ... |
Atkins
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Slim DeGrey | ... |
Jarvis
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Maggie Dence | ... |
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Norm Erskine | ... |
Joe the cook
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Owen Moase | ... |
First controller
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John Dalleen | ... |
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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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It is likely that the town of Bundanyabba is based on Broken Hill in NSW, the town where much was filmed. The train is seen arriving at Bundanyabba Sulphide St station, and Sulphide St is a genuine station in Broken Hill. Broken Hill is one of the most isolated inland city in Australia. See more »Goofs
Continuity: After arriving and checking into his room Grant goes for a drink in a hotel. It has interior notices saying "The Miners Hotel". This is where he meets Jock the Policeman. But a little later people are seen to be playing poker or slot machines which were not at that time in hotels. They also have to stand for "The Oath", a ritual only held at RSL Returned Servicemans clubs. Finally they are seen leaving the Imperial Hotel to walk across to the two up game for a feed. 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 »
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Featured in Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"She'll be coming around the mountain"(uncredited)
Traditional, based on a Negro spiritual
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