Wake in Fright

Australia, 1971

Film

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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 as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into his own destruction.

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Collection

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Credits

costume design

Ron Williams

producer

George Willoughby

production company

Group W

production design

Dennis Gentle

screenplay

Evan Jones

Duration

01:54:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-26405

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

Thriller

TMDB-Movie

26405

Wikidata

Q7961003

Collected

105 times

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