Brutal, uncompromising and stunning, Wake in Fright tells the story of a young teacher, John Grant, who arrives in a rough outback mining town planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, on this one hot night in Bundanyabba, Grant decides to go into a smoky, crowded pub... One night stretches to five, in which he discovers gambling, ruins himself financially and plunges headlong toward his own destruction.