About this movie
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Donald Pleasence
Doc Tydon
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Gary Bond
John Grant
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Chips Rafferty
Jock Crawford
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Sylvia Kay
Janette Hynes
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Jack Thompson
Dick
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Al Thomas
Tim Hynes
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Peter Whittle
Joe
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John Meillon
Charlie
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John Armstrong
Atkins
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Slim de Grey
Jarvis
Directors
- Ted Kotcheff
Producers
- Bill Harmon
- George Willoughby
- Howard G. Barnes
- Maurice Singer
- George W. Willoughby
Writers
- Evan Jones
- Kenneth Cook
Wake In Fright
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
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percent positive reviews
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Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia InquirerWake in Fright is essential viewing for anyone interested in the roots of male violence.
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Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
A Conradian parable of a man succumbing to the wild, the film is remarkable for its raw, pointed dithe suggests, and you'll find the beast concealed behind the mask of propriety.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It is powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
Several decades later, it still chills.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"Wake in Fright" is true horror.
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Ty Burr, Boston Globe
"Wake in Fright" is a monster movie, and the monster is us.
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