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Wake in Fright

Name: Wake in Fright
Genre: drama, thriller
Duration: 108 min

1971 · 108 min

IMDb16,800 votes7.5 / 10 Rotten Tomatoes Audience203 votes83%Rotten Tomatoes Critics58 reviews97%Metacritic21 reviews85 / 100

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Synopsis

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

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Released: 1971
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genres: drama, thriller

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Audio: eng · Subtitles: eng

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Cast & crew

Cast

Donald Pleasence
Gary Bond
Chips Rafferty
Sylvia Kay
Jack Thompson
Peter Whittle
Al Thomas

Director

Ted Kotcheff

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