S08 E02 ”Wake in Fright” (1971)

Episode: This week we discuss, "Wake in Fright" (1971)

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writers: Evan Jones(screenplay by), Kenneth Cook, (based on the novel "Wake in Fright" by), Ted Kotcheff(screenplay)
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty

One part movie review & discussion, and one part gameshow- where we never know what we‘ll be watching next! Before each series, our co-hosts anonymously submit movies they want everyone to watch. Each episode we guess WHODUNNIT!? (Series winner gets a WHO-Dundie award), we review & discuss, grade it A-F, and tally a GPA. Then with a roll of the dice we randomly select the next submission! Watch out for Lieutenant Columbo, interrupting with "Just One More Thing"!

00:00:00 - Greetings, Lookers!
00:06:03 - Headlines
00:09:12 - The Rundown
00:31:26 - WHODUNNIT?!
00:35:17 - Open Discussion
02:35:29 - Commercial Break
02:37:34 - Final Grades
02:48:48 - Roll the Dice!
02:51:58 - Show Business
02:55:15 - One More Thing
03:09:17 - Goodbye, Lookers!