Wake in Fright
Jul 21, 1971 | IMDB 7.2
109 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Drama, Thriller
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
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