Wake in Fright (21/07/1971)

Production : NLT, Group W, United Artists

Synopsis

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.

Gary Bond

Donald Pleasence

Chips Rafferty

Sylvia Kay