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Wake in Fright (1972)
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Evan Jones, Ted Kotcheff
In Theaters:2/20/1972
Box Office:$371,717
Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:NLT Productions, Group W
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