Australia / USA,
1971, 109 min
Directed by:
Ted KotcheffScreenplay:
Evan JonesCinematography:
Brian WestComposer:
John ScottCast:
Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Peter Whittle, Nancy Knudsen, Carlo Manchini, Maggie DencePlots(1)
WAKE IN FRIGHT tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher's (Gary Bond) descent into personal demoralization at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in outback Australia. Believed to be lost for decades and virtually unseen in America until now, WAKE IN FRIGHT returns fully-restored in stunning HD in what the New York Observer says "may be the greatest Australian film ever made." (Drafthouse Films)
(more)Cast
![Donald Pleasence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/146/163146894_c79c65.jpg)
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Gary Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/498/164498061_4a58b7.jpg)
Gary Bond
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Zulu (1964)
![Chips Rafferty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/498/164498062_fc10b7.jpg)
Chips Rafferty
Australia
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Double Trouble (1967)
![Sylvia Kay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/498/164498060_c32227.jpg)
Sylvia Kay
UK
Best movies:
Rapture (1965)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Jack Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274489_568c08.jpg)
Jack Thompson
Australia
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Short Circuit (1986)
![John Meillon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125876_56bd88.gif)
John Meillon
Australia
Best movies:
The Camel Boy (1984)
The Longest Day (1962)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Peter Whittle
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
Ned Kelly (1970)
Nancy Knudsen
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
Carlo Manchini
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
Walkabout (1971)
Because I Said So (2007)
Maggie Dence
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Look Both Ways (2005)