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Wake in Fright ()

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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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Doc Tydon
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John Grant
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Jock Crawford
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Janette Hynes
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Dick
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Joe
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Tim Hynes
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Charlie
John Armstrong ...
Atkins
Slim DeGrey ...
Jarvis (as Slim De Grey)
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Receptionist
Norman Erskine ...
Joe the Cook
Owen Moase ...
1st Controller
John Dalleen ...
2nd Controller
Buster Fiddess ...
Charlie Jones
Tex Foote ...
Stubbs
Colin Hughes ...
Stockman
Jacko Jackson ...
Van Driver
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Robyn
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Joyce
Harry Lawrence ...
Higgins
Robert McDarra ...
Pig Eyes (as Bob McDarra)
Carlo Manchini ...
Poker Player (as Carlo Marchini)
Liam Reynolds ...
Miner
Nelson ...
Fighting Kangaroo (as Nelson-The Fighting Kangaroo)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gordon Piper ...
Two-Up Player (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ted Kotcheff

Written by

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Evan Jones ... (screenplay by)
 
Kenneth Cook ... (based on the novel "Wake in Fright" by)
 
Ted Kotcheff ... (screenplay) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Howard G. Barnes ... executive producer
Bill Harmon ... executive producer
Maurice Singer ... associate producer (as Maurice A. Singer)
George Willoughby ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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John Scott ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Brian West ... director of photography

Editing by

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Anthony Buckley

Editorial Department

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Thom Noble ... post-production coordinator
Anthony Buckley ... supervisor: restoration (uncredited)

Casting By

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John Merrick
Jill Robb ... (as Jill Dempster)

Art Direction by

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Dennis Gentle

Costume Design by

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Ron Williams ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Monica Dawkins ... makeup artist
Robert Hynard ... hairdressing

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Howard Rubie ... first assistant director
Philip Austin ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Falloon ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Jim McElroy ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John Appleton ... sound recording
Peter Margrave ... boom operator
Keith Palmer ... sound editor
Hugh Strain ... sound mixer
Tim Wellburn ... sound editor
Eddy Joseph ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)

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Anthos Simon ... digital restoration: Atlab (uncredited)

Stunts

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Peter Whittle ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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John R. McLean ... camera operator (as John Mclean)
Tony Tegg ... gaffer
Greg Cole ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Peter Hannan ... assistant camera (uncredited) / director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ron Williams ... wardrobe

Location Management

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John Shaw ... location manager

Music Department

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John Scott ... conductor
Vic Flick ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Keith Grant ... music recording engineer (uncredited)
Rolf Harris ... music advisor (uncredited)
John Scott ... musician: flute (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rita Cavill ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Vivian Holmes ... production secretary
Philip Moylan ... production accountant
Fred Hift ... publicist: Great Britain and Europe (uncredited)
Bernie Jeffrey ... stand-in: Gary Bond (uncredited)
Meg Labrum ... publicist: restoration (uncredited)
Raena Lea-Shannon ... legal counsel: Wake in Fright Trust (uncredited)
Lynda Levy ... producer assistant: post-production (uncredited)
Stanley Moore ... animal wrangler (uncredited)
Michael Neary ... copyright holder: Wake in Fright Trust (uncredited)
Howard Rubie ... cultural advisor (uncredited)
Jack Thompson ... cultural advisor (uncredited)
Peter Weir ... production assistant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

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. Written by PipingHotViews

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Taglines Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have a taste of dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Outback (United States)
  • Outback (United Kingdom)
  • Bite the Bullet (World-wide, English title)
  • Sweat, Dust and Beer... There's Nothing Else Out Here Mate! (Japan, English title)
  • Outback (Canada, English title)
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Runtime
  • 109 min
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Budget AUD800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Ted Kotcheff recalled that Chips Rafferty, whose last film appearance this is, insisted on drinking real pints of beer during the bar sequences. Kotcheff substituted non-alcoholic beers for the real stuff, but Rafferty could tell immediately that it had no alcoholic content and demanded proper pints be served. He told Kotcheff: "You concentrate on the directing, I'll concentrate on the drinking." The director calculated that due to this, Rafferty was drinking up to 30 pints per day. See more »
Goofs As Grant leaves the hotel bar in Tiboonda, he takes one last swig of beer - leaving his glass half full. In the next shot, when the camera focuses on the interior of the bar, his glass is now empty. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Terror Nullius (2018). See more »
Soundtracks She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain See more »
Crazy Credits [Australian version] PRODUCERS' NOTE: The hunting scenes depicted in this film were taken during an actual kangaroo hunt by professional licensed hunters. For this reason and because the survival of the Australian kangaroo is seriously threatened, these scenes were shown uncut after consultation with the leading animal welfare organisations in Australia and the United Kingdom. [International version] PRODUCERS' NOTE: Photography of the hunting scenes in this film took place during an actual kangaroo hunt conducted by licensed professional hunters. No kangaroos were killed expressly for this motion picture. Because the survival of the Australian kangaroo is seriously threatened these scenes were included with approval of leading animal welfare organisations in Australia and the United Kingdom. See more »
Quotes John Grant: Why did you say that?
'Doc' Tydon: Say what?
John Grant: About them being proud of hell.
'Doc' Tydon: Discontent is the luxury of the well-to-do. If you've got to live here, you might as well like it. Why don't you like Crawford?
John Grant: Jock?
'Doc' Tydon: The touch of his hairy hand offended you.
John Grant: I'm bored with it. The aggressive hospitality, the arrogance of stupid people who insist you should be as stupid as they are.
'Doc' Tydon: It's death to farm out here. It's worse than death in the mines. You want them to sing opera as well?
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