Wake in Fright
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Writer: Ted Kotcheff; Evan Jones; Kenneth Cook
- Producer: George Willoughby
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John Grant, a teacher working in the remote Australian town of Tiboonda, is under a financial bond with his Government job. At the end of term before Christmas holidays, he plans to visit his girlfriend in Sydney. In order to catch a flight to Sydney, he takes a train to the nearby mining town called Bundanyabba (or 'The Yabba'), and plans to stay there overnight before moving on further to the airport. But things go grossly out of script as he is engulfed by the Yabba and its disconcerting residents.
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Cast & Characters
Donald Pleasence as Doc Tydon
Gary Bond as John Grant
Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
Jack Thompson as Dick
Peter Whittle as Joe
Al Thomas as Tim Hynes
John Meillon as Charlie
John Armstrong as Atkins
Slim DeGrey as Jarvis (as Slim De Grey)
Maggie Dence as Receptionist
Norman Erskine as Joe the Cook
Owen Moase as 1st Controller
John Dalleen as 2nd Controller
Buster Fiddess as Charlie Jones