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title: "Wake in Fright: cast and crew"
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cast: 26
crew: 44
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# Wake in Fright (1971): cast and crew

26 cast and 44 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Donald Pleasence](https://film.one/person/donald-pleasence.md) as Doc Tydon
- [Gary Bond](https://film.one/person/gary-bond.md) as John Grant
- [Chips Rafferty](https://film.one/person/chips-rafferty.md) as Jock Crawford
- [Sylvia Kay](https://film.one/person/sylvia-kay.md) as Janette Hynes
- [Jack Thompson](https://film.one/person/jack-thompson.md) as Dick
- [Peter Whittle](https://film.one/person/peter-whittle.md) as Joe
- [Al Thomas](https://film.one/person/al-thomas.md) as Tim Hynes
- [John Meillon](https://film.one/person/john-meillon.md) as Charlie
- [John Armstrong](https://film.one/person/john-armstrong.md) as Atkins
- [Slim DeGrey](https://film.one/person/slim-degrey.md) as Jarvis
- [Maggie Dence](https://film.one/person/maggie-dence.md) as Receptionist
- [Norm Erskine](https://film.one/person/norm-erskine.md) as Joe the Cook
- Owen Moase as 1st Controller
- John Dalleen as 2nd Controller
- Buster Fiddess as Charlie Jones
- Tex Foote as Stubbs
- Colin Hughes as Stockman
- Jacko Jackson as Van Driver
- Nancy Knudsen as Robyn
- Dawn Lake as Joyce
- Harry Lawrence as Higgins
- [Robert McDarra](https://film.one/person/robert-mcdarra.md) as Pig Eyes
- [Carlo Manchini](https://film.one/person/carlo-manchini.md) as Poker Player
- Liam Reynolds as Miner
- Nelson as The Fighting Kangaroo
- Gordon Piper as Two-Up Player (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Ted Kotcheff](https://film.one/person/ted-kotcheff.md): Director
- Howard Rubie: First Assistant Director, Second Unit Director
- Rita Cavill: Continuity
- Philip Austin: Third Assistant Director
- Michael Falloon: Third Assistant Director
- Jim McElroy: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Evan Jones](https://film.one/person/evan-jones.md): Screenplay
- Kenneth Cook: Novel
- [Ted Kotcheff](https://film.one/person/ted-kotcheff.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [George Willoughby](https://film.one/person/george-willoughby.md): Producer
- Maurice Singer: Associate Producer
- Howard G. Barnes: Executive Producer
- Bill Harmon: Executive Producer
- John Merrick: Casting
- John Shaw: Location Manager
- Philip Moylan: Production Accountant
- Jill Robb: Casting
- Vivian Holmes: Production Secretary
- [Peter Weir](https://film.one/person/peter-weir.md): Production Assistant
- Fred Hift: Publicist

## Camera

- [Brian West](https://film.one/person/brian-west.md): Director of Photography
- John R. McLean: Camera Operator
- Greg Cole: Clapper Loader
- [Peter Hannan](https://film.one/person/peter-hannan.md): Second Unit Director of Photography, Focus Puller

## Editing

- [Anthony Buckley](https://film.one/person/anthony-buckley.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [John Scott](https://film.one/person/john-scott-29056.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor, Musician, Orchestrator
- Hugh Strain: Sound Mixer
- [Tim Wellburn](https://film.one/person/tim-wellburn.md): Sound Editor
- Keith Palmer: Sound Editor
- John Appleton: Sound Recordist
- Peter Margrave: Boom Operator
- Eddy Joseph: Assistant Sound Editor
- Vic Flick: Musician
- John Shakespeare: Musician

## Art

- Dennis Gentle: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Ron Williams](https://film.one/person/ron-williams.md): Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Design
- Robert Hynard: Hairstylist
- Monica Dawkins: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Tony Tegg: Gaffer

## Crew

- [Thom Noble](https://film.one/person/thom-noble.md): Post Production Supervisor
- [Peter Whittle](https://film.one/person/peter-whittle.md): Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Driver
- Bernie Jeffrey: Stand In
- Lynda Levy: Post Production Assistant
- Stanley Moore: Animal Wrangler

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