The read
Scores higher than 91% of the 1,123 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic85/100
353 audience votes
Key crew
- Ted KotcheffDirector
- Evan JonesScreenplay
- John ScottOriginal Music Composer
- Ted KotcheffScreenplay
Cast
- Donald PleasenceDoc Tydon
- Gary BondJohn Grant
- Chips RaffertyJock Crawford
- Sylvia KayJanette Hynes
- Jack ThompsonDick
- Peter WhittleJoe
- Al ThomasTim Hynes
- John MeillonCharlie
- John ArmstrongAtkins
- Slim DeGreyJarvis
- Maggie DenceReceptionist
- Norm ErskineJoe the Cook
Stills
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Themes
australiabased on novel or bookgamblingbeeralcoholismteachermining townhuntdrunkennessaustralian outbackchristmaskangaroo
The Best Movies of 1971
Wake in Fright is #8 of 60
