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Wake in Fright: Full Cast & Crew 1971 Drama/Mystery & Thriller
After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide. R Released: Sep 22, 1971 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Ted Kotcheff Director Gary Bond John Grant Actor Donald Pleasence Doc Tydon Actor Chips Rafferty Jock Crawford Actor Sylvia Kay Janette Hynes Actor Jack Thompson Dick Actor Peter Whittle Joe Actor Al Thomas Tim Hynes Actor John Meillon Charlie Actor John Armstrong Atkins Actor Slim DeGrey Jarvis Actor Maggie Dence Receptionist Actor Norm Erskine Joe the cook Actor Owen Moase First controller Actor John Dalleen Second controller Actor Buster Fiddess Charlie Jones Actor Tex Foote Stubbs Actor Colin Hughes Stockman Actor Jacko Jackson Van Driver Actor Nancy Knudsen Robyn Actor Dawn Lake Joyce Actor Harry Lawrence Higgins Actor Robert McDarra Pig Eyes Actor Carlo Manchini Poker player Actor Liam Reynolds Miner Actor Evan Jones Screenwriter George Willoughby Producer Howard G. Barnes Executive Producer Bill Harmon Executive Producer Brian West Cinematographer Anthony Buckley Film Editing John Scott Original Music Dennis Gentle Production Design, Art Director Ron Williams Costume Design Jill Dempster Casting