Wake in Fright (1971)
overview : 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.
Release Date : Jul 21, 1971
Runtime : 1h 49m
Companies : NLT, Group W
Countries : Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Keywords : australia, based on novel or book, gambling, beer, teacher, mining town, outback, hunt, drunkenness, australian outback, christmas, kangaroo, coin toss, independent film