Wake in Fright

Drama, Suspense/Thriller

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 his one night stretches to five, 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... Rated R .

 

Cast: Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Gary Bond, Sylvia Kay

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Directed by: Ted Kotcheff

Written by: Evan Jones, Kenneth Cook

Running time: 1hr 54min

Opens: Oct 05, 2012 NY/LA (Re-release)