Wake in Fright (1971)
"Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here."
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 90%
(RT: 96%, MC: 85) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Gary Bond as John Grant
Chips Rafferty as Jock Crawford
Sylvia Kay as Janette Hynes
Peter Whittle as Joe
Al Thomas as Tim Hynes
John Meillon as Charlie
Is Wake in Fright good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 360 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 90%.
Overview
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia. Wikipedia ↗
