Wake In Fright
distressing scenes
Director(s)Ted Kotcheff
Production year1971
Release date15/05/2026
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes109m
CastDonald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon, John Armstrong, Slim DeGrey
Wake In Fright
distressing scenes
Psychological thriller in which an English school teacher gets stranded in a mining town in the Australian outback and b ...
Psychological thriller in which an English school teacher gets stranded in a mining town in the Australian outback and becomes increasingly brutalised by his experiences.
language
sex
sexual violence and sexual threat
suicide and self-harm
disturbing images
violence
threat and horror
discrimination
distressing scenes
Classified Date:
05/05/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
language
Bad language includes uses of 'slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody' and 'hell'.
sex
There are verbal references to sex. In one scene, a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A brief verbal reference is made to rape.
suicide and self-harm
A person attempts to take their own but ultimately does not succeed. There are also verbal references to suicidal ideation.
disturbing images
There are lengthy scenes showing a kangaroo hunt, in which kangaroos are chased by men in a truck, are subsequently shot and killed, and their mutilated, dismembered corpses are shown. Men fight injured kangaroos in some scenes.
Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
17/09/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore there is no breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are also some moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').
Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
29/01/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore, there is no breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy on animal cruelty, themselves based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').
Classified date05/05/2026
LanguageEnglish
language
sex
sexual violence and sexual threat
suicide and self-harm
disturbing images
violence
threat and horror
discrimination
Director(s)Ted Kotcheff
Production year1971
Release date15/05/2026
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes109m
CastDonald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon, John Armstrong, Slim DeGrey
distressing scenes
Classified Date:
05/05/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
language
Bad language includes uses of 'slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody' and 'hell'.
sex
There are verbal references to sex. In one scene, a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A brief verbal reference is made to rape.
suicide and self-harm
A person attempts to take their own but ultimately does not succeed. There are also verbal references to suicidal ideation.
disturbing images
There are lengthy scenes showing a kangaroo hunt, in which kangaroos are chased by men in a truck, are subsequently shot and killed, and their mutilated, dismembered corpses are shown. Men fight injured kangaroos in some scenes.
Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
17/09/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore there is no breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are also some moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').
Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
29/01/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore, there is no breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy on animal cruelty, themselves based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').
Classified date05/05/2026
LanguageEnglish
