Wake in Fright (1971)

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

• Drama
• Thriller

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Rating

7.2 / 10 (364 votes)

Release date

July 21, 1971

Runtime

1h 49m

Language

English

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Status

Released