Film
Wake in Fright (1971)
Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
Drama, Thriller· Directed by Ted Kotcheff· 109 min
Overview
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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- From nowhere he came - through hell he went...
- A Young Man, Alone, without money. Trapped in this territory of Incredible Heat!
- The 40th anniversary of a lost classic from the Outback
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- Outback
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- In northern Australia, there are five thousand square miles of sand, scrub and searing heat... a desolate, primitive place that can take a man and destroy him. They call it the "Outback".
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- This is John Grant, a handsome, intelligent, ambitious young schoolteacher. This is John Grant, an ugly, sweaty, desperate animal. What happened to John Grant? The Outback happened to John Grant.
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- Have a drink mate? Have a Sheila mate? Have a gamble mate? Have a fight mate?
- Sweat, dust and beer... there's nothing else out here mate!
Connections
Top billing
- Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon
- Gary Bond as John Grant
- Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
- Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
- Jack Thompson as Dick