Wake in Fright
08/10/2017
John Grant is returning to Sydney after a year teaching at a one-classroom school in the Outback. Shortly after hitting the road, he collides with a kangaroo, and finds himself marooned in a small mining town, awaiting repairs on his car. With little to do but drink beer, John is seduced into a raucous, illegal game of two-up. After a short, exhilarating winning streak, he loses everything, which triggers a dangerous series of events that render John a broken and desperate man.
Cast
Elissa Burke
Maisy
Randall Dart
Vic Killen
Sonya Giesekam
Robyn's Mum
Jason Lee Hansen
Charlie
Andrew David James
Tattooed Barman
John MacLeod
Elderly Man
Andrew McGregor
Yindee Barman
Iziah Nean
Lucas
James Parbery
Desk Sergeant
Josephine Peter
Elderly Woman
Heath Williams
Lifesaver
Christopher Tauro
Two Up Controller
Matthew Vandenbergh
Two Up Controller
Sean Keenan
John Grant
Di Adams
Joyce
Alex Dimitriades
Doc Tydon
Robyn Malcolm
Ursula Hynes
Lee Jones
Joe Jaffries
Caren Pistorius
Janette Hynes
Gary Sweet
Tim Hynes
Anna Samson
Mick Jaffries
Jada Alberts
Sandy Fanshawe
David Wenham
Jock Crawford
Fayssal Bazzi
Donald
Alan Dukes
Wayne
Hannah Fredericksen
Robyn
Gregory J. Fryer
Thomas
Muriel Hunter
Indigenous Girl
Paula Nazarski
Bea
Jerome Pride
Small Driver
Philip Partridge
Luke
Hunter Stratton Boland
Lizard Boy
Timothy James Cooper
RSL Worker
Michael Grant
RSL Worker
Tomo Jovanovick
RSL Worker
Dale McGuffin
RSL Worker
Joseph O'Connor
RSL Worker
Stuart Rawe
RSL Worker
Glen Robinson
RSL Worker
Ben Sullivan
RSL Worker
Jesse Rowles
Worker
Steve Little
Two-up player
Hunter Stratton Boland
Lizard Boy (uncredited)
Izaak Love
RSL Worker (uncredited)
Darcey Wilson
Jackie Killen (uncredited)
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