Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright (1971)

July 21st, 19711h 49min

Drama, Thriller
73%

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.


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