Wake in Fright (1971)

1971 · 109 min · Drama, Thriller

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

Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thompson.

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