Wake in Fright (aka Outback)

Escaping the isolation of the remote Australian community where he teaches, John Grant (Gary Bond) begins his Christmas holiday by spending some time stopped in the mining town of Bundanyabba. Carousing with a local policeman (Chips Rafferty) he befriends leads Grant on an odyssey of both charming and barbaric surprises. Long-lost, evocative drama co-stars Donald Pleasence, Sylvia Kay. AKA: Outback." 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set. Region Free